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Navigating the AI Era: Why We Need Human Art More Than Ever (opens the original)
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I wrote my first story 45 years ago. I even added my own drawings too! It was bad. But I was a kid, had a great time writing it, and shared it with all my friends. I realized then that I could take some wacky idea, put it down on a page, and share it with others. I could entertain people, anger them, and make them long for a lost love.Words gave me power.Mind you: I haven’t earned a lot of money from my writing, but I love to create. To date, I’ve published 19 fiction and 5 non-fiction books. (I
New Book News and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (Movie Review) (opens the original)
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I started plotting out my new book and I’ve gone old school. I took different-colored index cards, wrote some notes on them, and used magnets to put them all up on the whiteboard in my room.I have the opening scene planned out in my mind and a few of the other scenes worked out, but I’m still working on the ending (and the main tension point for the book).Back in 2025, I had an idea to write a new series and jotted it all down in a Google Doc. Over the last year, I’ve kept adding to the doc (res
The Odyssey (2026) Movie Review (opens the original)
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I liked Nolan’s The Odyssey, but I didn’t love it. When I look back at Nolan’s films, I find them to be a mixed bag: the technical aspects are top-notch, but they never reach an emotional high for me.Thanks for reading Ron Vitale's Musings on Fantasy & Science Fiction! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="
Working Take Me Home, Country Road Links (opens the original)
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I apologize.Neither of the links I included in today’s article worked. So here they are:If you haven’t seen over 60,000 people singing along with the team (or you just need a refresher), watch this YouTube short.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="517" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!a5Z1!,w_1456,c_lim
We all need a little "Take Me Home, Country Roads" (opens the original)
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We all need to feel like we belong. We’re 6 years out of a global pandemic that killed over 1 million Americans. Americans stormed their Capitol on January 6, 2021; we’ve seen war in the Ukraine; Iran and Hamas’ October 7th, 2023 attack in Israel that rocked the rest of the Middle East. On the home front, inflation is rising, good jobs are scare, and big tech companies are positioning AI to take jobs.The last few years have been rough (to put it kindly).Yet I’m seeing glimmers of hope.In the las
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