The people have spoken! It seems that readers often visit my blog in search of writing tips for their daily productivity. I’ve heard you! And I’ve decided to make a master list of tips on how to write every day, which I will keep expanding and editing to get you the best possible advice a writer can wish for. Consider this a continuation of my reflections on daily writing, but without the fluff and getting distracted with personal stories.
(more…)Author: Halyna
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Ukrainian literature: Add this to your diverse reading TBR right now
When I had my old blog, I was quite proud to be, at the time, the only space on the internet with a comprehensive reading list of Ukrainian classic literature. There was even an entire story behind how I’ve decided to do it, pretty much on a whim, after an interesting discussion with a certain publisher about the ‘illiterate youth’.
Then, for a while I had a thread on X where I would add all kinds of Ukrainian literature available in English on Amazon. The thread wasn’t very long and after a while I unpinned it and replaced it with a kitten charity.
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The value of having your own website
Yesterday, I talked to my sister about how it was such a great idea for her to launch a proper website for her book blog. Prior to that, like many Ukrainian book bloggers, she had a community on the messenger app Telegram, but we’ve always been talking about her moving to somewhere more serious.
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Using ChatGPT as a humiliation ritual
Yesterday, I was working on my Ukrainian classics in translation project and decided to ask ChatGPT to review a few paragraphs and tell me if it’s any good.
I rarely ask the AI bot to actually write anything for me because I always end up rewriting it to my liking, and it just takes up too much time. The only reason I even started using it was because I was specifically instructed to do so at my old corporate job. Then it kinda stuck with me, but mainly using it as a silly assistant who needs to be corrected all the time.
So anyway, the chat gave me a detailed analysis of what I did right and wrong and then… decided to just go ahead and translate it for me.
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The permanent background noise of technology
Yesterday, there was a five-hour-long power outage on my street. Usually, they warn us about these things over text messages, and it rarely lasts more than an hour. The last repair only cut off power for two minutes – I barely even noticed it.
Yesterday was different, and I felt that difference.
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