My Little General??

Below is a picture of the Comte-de-Grasse, who commanded the French fleet which came from the West Indies to blockade Yorktown. Without this, the key victory of Yorktown might not have occurred.

There is a story that when Washington and Rochambeau arrived with their troops, and de Grasse was introduced to the father of our country, the French admiral called Washington “mon petit géneral,” (my little general).

I always heard he said this because he towered over Washington, who took great pride in his own unusually tall height, so would have been a bit of a humorous put down.

Yesterday I did some research online and learned that de Grasse was actually the exact same height as Washington. Therefore if he did say it, he was likely making a joke, acknowledging that they were both the same size.

I am obliged to tell you that there are no primary sources for this story, i.e. accounts of the meeting that were written by eyewitnesses. 

But it is still a great story.

                                                                       

AI: Muse or Threat??

It is clear that many authors are terrified that AI is going to replace them, and therefore refuse to use it at all in their writing or marketing endeavors.

I would just like to say that I have a different take on AI. To me it is simply a handy tool that is fun to use. I refuse to believe that it could ever match the imaginative language of a real, live, breathing author. In my experience, everything written by AI must be substantially edited, i.e. rewritten, to put some human wit and soul into it.

So there.

Meanwhile, I have been enjoying creating AI graphic content for fun.

For example, I’ve made short videos of my various characters talking about the books they are in. Usually I have to use three or more different AI apps to achieve the effect I want. 

I've been trying to post these videos here on my blog, but apparently Blogger has stopped allowing videos to be posted directly.

Therefore to watch one of my very short videos, click HERE. This will magically teleport you to Vimeo.

(I’ve put the following image from the video in just to lure you to use the link above. Sadly, the image itself doesn’t actually DO anything.)

(Of course, to BUY a copy of the book it’s about, click HERE!)

Please let me know if this works and if you enjoy this sort of thing.

Sincerely,

Dorothea

Dorothea@DorotheaJensen.com