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I'm a bit of an eclectic mess πŸ™‚ I've been a programmer, journalist, editor, TV producer, and a few other things.

I'm currently working on my second novel which is complete, but is in the edit stage. I wrote my first novel over 20 years ago but then didn't write much till now.

I post about #Coding, #Flutter, #Writing, #Movies and #TV. I'll also talk about #Technology, #Gadgets, #MachineLearning, #DeepLearning and a few other things as the fancy strikes ...

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Fahim Farook

Wrote a submission tracker yesteerday. (Well wrote two but that's a different story).

What struck me was that most submission trackers are paid services. Is anybody interested in a free one?

If you are, let me know and I'll throw this up on my server so others can use (for free).

#Writing #Apps
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Hello. My name is Agnes Stone, and I am a new adult science fiction fantasy indie author. My debut novel was released in November 2024, and I am looking for new bookish and author friends as I try to flee Meta and prepare for the end of TikTok.

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Fahim Farook

Did a first pass on the new short story yesterday. The story is in place but a lot of clean up needed.

Not quite feeling it at the moment. The rejection for the first story has kind of derailed things.

Might work on an app for a couple of days till I get my enthusiasm back.

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

Read that using "dearth" is an "AI" tell. Had to go check my last short story since I use that a lot. Sure enough, "dearth" is there πŸ˜›

Do people just look for these "tells" to decide that something is AI-generated? Or do they use "AI" to detect AI-generated text? Is the irony lost on them?

#Musings
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Fahim Farook

Hadn't submitted anything in about 20 years anywhere. Last time I submitted a short story was when I was in Sri Lanka.

Submitted a short story to @clarkesworld Very fast turnaround. 72 hours. Rejected πŸ™‚

Onwards to the next one!

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

I'm working on the next short story in this series of stories set in ancient Sri Lanka.

The stuff that I don't remember (or had never heard of) is fascinating. I'd read most of the Mahavamsa legends but am now reading alternative stories with different interepretations.

#AmWriting #Writing #LKA
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Fahim Farook

Today's probably going to be an idle day ... a bit of cleaning, catching up on movies, and then preparing for getting back to writing tomorrow.

I think I've found the rhythm that works for me ... and yes, it's the same rhythm that everybody has followed for ages πŸ˜›

Had to stop working weekends.
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Fahim Farook

The invstigation of the ML app for detecting auto-immune diseases went nowhere yesterday. It's too tightly coupled with specific (paid) services. I don't like that.

Might look at the source and try to extract the basic functionality at some point ... when I have a bit of time.

#ML
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I've been laid off.

If somebody needs a person with almost 13 years in IT, knowing PHP (7 y.), JavaScript/jQuery (5+ y.), HTML5+CSS3, SQL, slight knowledge of Python and React and experience in fields like 2D design or sound production, please tell me. I've worked with SCADAs, CMMSs, corporate travel and congress management, e-commerce, food and industrial sectors. Business proficiency in English; can speak Catalan.

I can learn quick. Either on-site work in Valencia, Spain, or remote from anywhere in the EU. Inclusive company is a must. Can provide CV in English.

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Fahim Farook

I'm setting up a machine learning (ML) model locally to figure out autoimmune diseases for my wife.

(More details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1ij5yf2/how_i_built_an_open_source_ai_tool_to_find_my/)

The project is here: https://github.com/OpenHealthForAll/open-health

It's set up to run as a docker file.

Trouble is, you can't use a locally installed Ollama instance with it. You have to run Ollama on docker.

But ... Ollama on docker (on macOS) does not use the GPU. So it's slow. Very, very, slow.

So finally ended up figuring out how to run the project locally, use a Postgres insance (which is needed by the project) via Docker, and to use the local Ollama.

It all seems to work, but won't know for sure till the wife wakes up and can use it. Yay!!

#ML
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Fahim Farook

Last week was a long writing week. So going to take a break.

Sepnd the day setting up an interesting project I saw on Reddit which might help the wife. I'm curious as to if it will or not, but a bit of set up required first.

And also get some neglected chores done πŸ™‚
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Fahim Farook

Spent most of yesterday plotting and re-plotting the new short story. Each time I'd go, "I think this is it" but let it percolate a bit and I find a different angle that worked.

I think I finally have the plot sorted out. I like it. Now to see about writing that ... on Monday.

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

When I wrote the first ancient Lanka short story (which I submitted today, yay!) I hadn't thought about the overall timeline.

Now that I'm considering more stories, I need to figure things out.

I realized most people outside probably don't know who Vijaya is.

So I need to have a story which sets up who Vijaya is, how he came to Sri Lanka and the effect of his arrival. So the next story is probably going to be about that.

That also will be (timeline-wise) the last story in the series. The one I wrote already will be the first.

The rest will fall somewhere in between πŸ™‚

#Writing #LKA #Stories
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Fahim Farook

Submitting (instead of self-publishing) has its own workflows ... like needing to put everything in standard manuscript format.

Working on a couple of LibreOffice templatest to handle short stories and long manuscripts. If anyone wants them, would be happy to share πŸ™‚

#Writing #LibreOffice
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Fahim Farook

The short story is finally done! It's as polished as I think I can make it at this point.

I did 2 (or was it 3?) passes on it yesterday and the wife did as many too.

Haven't submitted fiction in 20 years or so, but I think I'll try @clarkesworld and see what happens ...

On to the next story in the series!

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

Edited 6 days ago
Did two edits on the short story and the wife did one edit. She thinks that this is the best thing I've written so far. And that's encouraging πŸ™‚

The ending is better now, but still feel that it needs a couple more edits.

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

Finished the short story yesterday, final word count 4,400 words. My guess is that I did about 3,500 words yesterday but it's hard to tell with the edits and changes.

Not quite happy with the ending. So needs a bit more work. And a couple of edit passes. But getting there?

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

Apparently, using em or en-dashes is seen as a sign of AI generated text.

I use em dashes a lot in my writing.

Fed some of my writing to an AI text detector with an em-dash in it. It says 31% likelihood of AI generated text. Remove the em-dash, and it says 0% likelihood of AI text πŸ˜›

#Writing #AI
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Fahim Farook

Wrote about 2300 words yesterday for the short story but had to scrap most of it since I realized that the story won't work that way.

Went back, rethought the whole thing and have what I think is a better ending. But have to write that one all over again πŸ™‚

#AmWriting #Writing
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Fahim Farook

I'm writing a short story about ancient Sri Lanka, before the Mahavamsa, about the Yaksha, Naga, Deva tribes. The story is going so well, that I'm thinking of making this another series ...

Question is, what do I call the series? "Old Lanka" or "Lore of Lanka?" Other? Opinions?

#Writing #SriLanka
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