DeAnna Knippling

Side quest. (December 6)

Sauerkraut pizza. Today’s experiment is sauerkraut pizza, homemade jalapeno sauerkraut + homemade dough. Will report. I had Ray make the dough; she’s always buying pitas for freaking mini pizzas. Me: So think about whatever’s pissing you off this week. And just grind down into the dough until it stretches. Then flop it around and griiiiind […]

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Side quest. (December 6)

Breaking AI text generator ChatGPT I have successfully fried ChatGPT by asking it the meaning of Jorge Luis Borges’s “The Circular Ruins.” … Question 1: what is the best market segment for fiction novels today Answer 1: It is difficult to determine the best market segment for fiction novels, as there are many different genres

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Side quest. (November 30)

Best Horror of the Year, Ellen Datlow. HUH. I made it onto Ellen Datlow’s Recommended horror longlist for my story in Vastarian vol. 4. Vastarian is the literary journal dedicated to Thomas Ligotti, a wonderfully dark horror writer. My story was “The Woman Who Was Seen.” This makes my third time, I think? 3, 6,

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Side quest. (November 28)

Blueberry pie. So for Thanksgiving I made blueberry pie, but we didn’t get that far. We’re eating it now: pie shells, blueberries, sugar, tapioca, and chaat masala (a green mango/tamarind-based mix; I got mine premade). It works YUMMILY, but on a level that’s hard to pick out specifically. So, like, the perfect secret ingredient. But

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