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“The Pianist’s Hands” – A short story, plus my start-to-finish ChatGPT creative conversation

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

Alternative Title: How I Wrote “The Pianist’s Hands” (When I Thought I Was Just Dashing Something Off) 🙂 Back in February or March, I began drafting a short story with ChatGPT for my writing group—just an exercise, nothing too serious. … Continue reading →

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“Hello World!” – Creative Practice in the Age of AI

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I mentioned a new project last week that I’ve been working on for the past month but wanted to run past my writing group before launching. Here it is! This is the first post in a new series reflecting on … Continue reading →

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“The Blind Pig” – A short story, plus my start-to-finish creative conversation with ChatGPT

Posted on May 30, 2025 by Katherine Wikoff

I want to try something new today, both in terms of content and in terms of blog format. This is an experiment, and I’m not sure my WordPress skills are up to it. Here goes, and let’s just see if … Continue reading →

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More ChatGPT practice in my writing group exercises

Posted on November 2, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

The arrival of generative AI is bringing lots of changes to my job as a college professor. I teach some humanities and social science courses (film and media studies, political science, digital society, etc.), but I also teach quite a … Continue reading →

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Abstract for an article I just proposed

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

Remember how on Monday (when I posted my photo of gorgeously orange carrots and vibrantly green parsley) I mentioned that I was having a stressful day because I was trying to meet a deadline? Well, I made it—but not till … Continue reading →

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Well, I’m back.

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Katherine Wikoff

So says Samwise Gamgee to his wife, Rosie, and young daughter, Elanor, at the end of The Return of the King, the final book in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy. And where have I been? Well, unlike Sam, I … Continue reading →

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A Podcast to Follow

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Katherine Wikoff

School starts for me next week, with meetings this week and summer projects to wrap up. I’m staying home today, though. Because the Republican presidential primary debate is happening at Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee tonight and some sort of … Continue reading →

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Writing Exercise – “Looking in the Rearview Mirror”

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

I wrote this essay as my exercise for this week’s writing group meeting. The prompt was “looking in the rearview mirror.” When I was in high school, one of my friends used to pull out a little compact with a … Continue reading →

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Writing Exercise – “You left something behind”

Posted on June 4, 2022 by Katherine Wikoff

I haven’t posted one of these exercises in a while. In fact, to my surprise, it has been well over a year! To recap: My longtime writing group (we’ve been together since 1991!) does short exercises to share each time … Continue reading →

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Writing Exercise – “Plain Talk”

Posted on March 14, 2021 by Katherine Wikoff

It was my turn to select an exercise for writing group this week. Being incredibly busy at work and opting for shortcuts wherever legitimately possible, I turned to Ursula K. Le Guin’s wonderful Steering the Craft once again and found … Continue reading →

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