MARK

This post was written for Five Minute Friday

Word prompt--MARK

Five minutes to free-write about it

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There are a few thoughts this week's word prompt triggered.

First, today marks the first Friday in a very long time that I have actually writtten my post on a Friday. 

Second, the picture of the cover of my 10-year-old great-granddaughter's first published book (available on Amazon), marks what I hope is the beginning of a fruitful and fulfilling adventure for her.

Third my sharing of the book on social media has marked the start of a string of unexpected and unwanted events. Like the book marketing folks trying to drum up business, who in their eagerness to do so, overlook the fact that it's not my book, and congratulate me for my success, and ask me questions such as what prompted me to write it, and how I feel about this major milestone.

This week has also marked the beginning of something quite disturbing. It seems AI has gotten a hold of it and is publishing a bunch of untrue facts about my great-granddaughter, which I inadvertently discovered when I Googled the book to get the Amazon link (instead of going straight to Amazon). What I found were several AI generated posts--pictures included (not of her, but some AI generated child)--with made up stories. One, for instance, was about how she loved to write, and after writing several books, now had one that was published on Amazon.

Anyway, this rant has probably taken more than five minutes, so I need to stop, Who would have thought it could have been triggered by one little word.