Author: Heidi Tiedemann Darroch
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Friday Round-Up
By the end of the week, I’ve often accumulated odds and bobs that are too brief for a full post, or not quite relevant to crime and fiction and Canada. Since I’m woolly-headed with a cold, here are some things I’m reading, writing, and thinking about as February comes to a close, in descending order…
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Helen Baxendale in Poirot, Marple, and P.D. James
Most non-UK viewers likely remember actor Helen Baxendale from her unfortunate role as Emily, the Englishwoman so unsuitably affianced to the appallingly selfish and immature Ross in Friends. David Schwimmer is a terrific actor, and I enjoy his portrayal of the worst person in the series: an academic who dates his student (oof–well past the…
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Writers and Scams in the Era of AI
(My first-ever AI-generated image, courtesy of Gemini 3. Why do all these AI tech products sound like space missions, or satellites? The image shows a robot typing a manuscript, which was my prompt. Rather worryingly accurate.) If I were to launch a profitable and efficient scam, which is beyond both my capacity and my interests,…
