Idyll Dreams & Nonsensical Things

The random thoughts and whimsical writings of Cari Lyn Jones

AI… you hear about it everywhere nowadays. For some, it invokes some pretty strong feelings. Living with someone who has a great deal of experience and works closely with it every day, I understand that it can be a powerful tool that can improve efficiency (or laziness depending on the person) and productivity. But for …

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When I first read “The Fly-Away Horse” by Eugene Fields it set my imagination alight! I found it in an old book of poems at my grandmother’s house. I don’t remember how old I was (pretty young), and I thought it would be an amazing thing to be able to fly away to faraway lands …

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November came and went before I knew it, and now December is nearly gone as well. The year is drawing to a close and as always that leads me to reflect on what I’ve accomplished over the past twelve months. Regarding my writing, that usually means I end up lamenting about those projects I thought …

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Yep, cheese! Or more accurately, how to make it. When I was writing The Broken Court there was a sentence, this sentence actually… Some of what was left, she set near the hearth with the plans that she would make cheese with it. which sent me off into an hour-plus long search on making cheese. …

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There are so, so many out there nowadays! And everyone has a particular one they tend to gravitate to. For me, that would be Instagram. Seeing all of the amazing pictures that people post never fails to bring a smile to my face. And I have had the chance to meet people from all over …

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For any of you who didn’t make it, the Sept. 3rd Quick Read was a lot of fun. If you have ever enjoyed or been interested in hearing authors read from their own works, then I would strongly recommend you go to Strong Woman – Strange Worlds and register to attend one of their Quick …

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