Tag: AI

Anyone remember paper dolls? Why AI can’t compete with a trip down memory lane by Jina Bacarr

I have the best memories when I was a kid playing with my paper dolls.

From Sleeping Beauty to In Old New York (Colonial Paper Dolls), I cherished these fragile cardboard dolls with paper dresses with tabs that never stayed on (bobby pins worked!) and kept them in my box of treasures.

Yes, I still have them.

I invented names and personalities for each paper doll, designed clothes for them, and stuck them between the pages of my math book so I could play with them when I was supposed to be doing homework.

As a child, I didn’t have AI answering questions for me, or a cellphone screen telling me what to think, wear, or ‘influence’ me. I made up the stories and created worlds with my paper dolls down to the smallest detail.

And that is what forged my writing.

Imagination.

We writers must continue to craft stories to engage readers to encourage them to use their imagination, even if the words flicker across a computer screen and not the printed pages of a book. To bring our characters into their world so they can identify with them, to feel for them when they’re sad, happy, fall in love.

It’s called being a human. AI has its place, I don’t dispute that, but it’s not the whole enchilada. How can it be?

I doubt AI ever played with a paper doll.

Have you?

My best wishes to you!

Jina

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We have a new German translation for THE RESISTANCE GIRL.

Paris, 1943. Sylvie Martone is the star of French cinema, and adored by fans. But as Nazi officers swarm the streets of Paris, she is spotted arm in arm with an SS Officer and her fellow Parisians begin to turn against her.

However Sylvie has a secret – one she must protect with her life…

Paris, 2020. Juliana Chastain doesn’t know anything about her family history. While her mother was alive she remained very secretive about her past.

So when Juliana discovers a photograph of a glamorous French actress from World War Two amongst her mother’s possessions, she is in shock to find herself looking at her grandmother – especially as she is arm in arm with a Nazi Officer…

Desperate for answers, Juliana is determined to trace the journey of her grandmother. Surely there is more to the photograph than meets the eye?

But as she delves into Sylvie’s past, nothing can prepare Juliane for the tales of secrets, betrayal and sacrifice which she will uncover.

Here she is from DP Digital Publishing: Die Tochter der Résistance

Ein historischer Roman über das Schicksal einer jungen Frau

The Daughter of the Resistance | A historical novel about the fate of a young woman

Wenn Sie in Deutschland sind, hier ist der Link:

https://www.digital-publishers.com/de/romane/die-tochter-der-resistance-historisch-ebook

I’m also excited to announce The Resistance Girl is also being translated into French and Dutch…

Here’s a fun video I made about Sylvie Martone, the heroine of The Resistance Girl:

See you soon!!

Jina