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A Lecture Where ChatGPT Becomes Your Editor — How to Quietly Engage with AI to Create Novels

A Lecture Where ChatGPT Becomes Your Editor — How to Quietly Engage with AI to Create Novels

▼A book that you read as a lecture in story form about 'how to write novels' while facing AI. A "small record of experiments" that summarizes how an author who had lost the ability to write reevaluated their creative practice through dialogues with ChatGPT. You can read it as a narrative lecture — dialogues (a course) between a professor and the protagonist — presenting a way of thinking to treat AI not as a "tool" but as "another editor." Using approaches discussed in overseas creative-education contexts as a clue, it quietly explores a path to reclaiming language. ※This book is structured as a "fictional lecture" in story form between a professor and the protagonist. ▼Recommended for: - Writers who are stuck while writing fiction - Those unsure how to use AI in creative work - Those who are tired of literary circles or criticism - Those who carry "nights when they can't write" ▼Contents Chapter 1: Can AI become an 'editor'? Chapter 2: AI picks up the 'silence of words' — illuminating the reasons for being unable to write Chapter 3: Writing that 'dialogues with AI' — questions deepen the story Chapter 4: AI edits 'structure' — building the skeleton of a story Chapter 5: Does AI steal 'your voice'? — issues of style and narration Chapter 6: AI 'supplements scenes' — techniques to shape the texture of the world Chapter 7: AI 'polishes dialogue' — techniques for drama and the art of silence Chapter 8: AI 'shakes the theme' — grasping the core of the story Chapter 9: Can AI 'complete the story'? — techniques for endings

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I Started a ¥290 Microcontroller — The First Step in Enjoying Electronics with UIAPduino — [Bonus: Microcontroller Board]

I Started a ¥290 Microcontroller — The First Step in Enjoying Electronics with UIAPduino — [Bonus: Microcontroller Board]

This is an essay (a personal account) themed on the Arduino-compatible board for educational institutions, "UIAPduino Pro Micro CH32V003 V1.4". Rather than technical details or information, I wanted to record the emotional tremors that unexpectedly arose during trial and error. This book was created from that feeling. Meeting UIAP and favorite points Strengths as a "rapid prototyping device" A record of creating Breakout using only ChatGPT The first stumbling blocks! Supported USB-serial communication boards A game console I want to make in the future: "Game Bēdā" Note: The print edition is black and white. Please be aware. Supported model: UIAPduino Pro Micro CH32V003 Development environment: Arduino IDE

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I teach at a vocational school for game development and enjoy doujin (self-published) activities.

Uta no Tane — Tokai Tanka Anthology 2026 +1

Uta no Tane — Tokai Tanka Anthology 2026

Co-edited by tanka poets Satsuki Suzuki and Bunchō Nagai. It collects the poems of 46 poets living in the Tokai region who have ten years or less of tanka experience, and poet Hiroyuki Ogihara has read all of them and provided commentary.

Cassis Cassis
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夾域 きょういき

夾域 きょういき

A story that is completed when you read it. Horror novel New release at the Bungei Flea Market Tokyo in May

Miwa Watanabe Miwa Watanabe
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Exhibiting at OISO BOOK MARCHE 2026 (May 16 only)

Exhibiting at OISO BOOK MARCHE 2026 (May 16 only)

"OISO BOOK MARCHE ~A day when stories overflow in Oiso~" "Held at 33 locations around town, Nojima Oiso Square 2F & 3F, the Oiso Town Library, and the Oiso Local History Museum. This year the Oiso Market and ZINE FEST will also be held concurrently. There will also be special talk shows at the Oiso Town Library and OISO CONNECT." (Quoted from the OISO BOOK MARCHE website) In other words, it’s a book event that involves the whole town of Oiso! After a while, I’m not doing a ZINE-only event — I’ll be exhibiting at a "books" event! I’ll bring lifestyle books, novels, tokusatsu (special effects) books, ZINEs of course, and also some miscellaneous goods! The ZINE Fest venue is nearby, so please take a day to go book-hopping with the May sea as your backdrop~ I’ll be at Nojima Oiso Square [3rd floor, 3-12]. It seems to be near the entrance. Some of my regular book friends will also be exhibiting, so I’m looking forward to it! The 5th OISO BOOK MARCHE May 16 (Sat) 11:00–17:00 May 17 (Sun) 10:00–16:00 *book theater splicer will be exhibiting only on the 16th. Venue: Nojima Oiso Square (Kanagawa Prefecture, Naka District, Oiso Town, Oiso 1010, 2F & 3F) Nearest station: JR Oiso Station https://oiso-book-marche.jimdosite.com/

Anti-Pack — Everybody's 'Fun' Doesn't Quite Fit +2

Anti-Pack — Everybody's 'Fun' Doesn't Quite Fit

I made a parody of that thing from Yamazaki Bread. lol ・Are people over 30 who aren't married considered problematic? ・Fandom activities (oshi-katsu) ・Drinking parties aren't fun ・Are trips really that enjoyable? ・Things that are fun ・The weakness of certainty and the middle ground ・Conclusion

Zindies Zindies
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Sep
27
Sun

ZINE Fest Kyoto(Unofficial)

Sunday, September 27, 2026 11:00〜16:00 Miyakomesse (Kyoto City Industrial Promotion Hall), Basement 1st floor
3 participants
What the author wanted to convey in writing 'A Biographical Study of Fusae Ichikawa' — Lecture by Professor Kumiko Shindo

What the author wanted to convey in writing 'A Biographical Study of Fusae Ichikawa' — Lecture by Professor Kumiko Shindo

We will welcome Kumiko Shindo, the leading authority on Fusae Ichikawa studies who recently published 'A Biographical Study of Fusae Ichikawa', and ask her about what she wanted to convey to readers through her research on Fusae Ichikawa, the most prominent postwar politician to come from Aichi Prefecture. The interviewer will be journalist Keiko Yamamoto, a former NHK commentator.

Saturday, July 25, 2026 14:00〜15:30
3 participants
Iyo Iyo
Announcement
Participating in the Shiga Shopping Street Market on April 26 +4

Participating in the Shiga Shopping Street Market on April 26

In front of Lbio, right next to the Kita Library in Kita Ward, Nagoya, there will be a pop-up sale of zines, used books, and miscellaneous goods. I was invited and decided to join at the last minute — so grateful!! My new zine, "Grandparents' House", is a story about a stigmatized property set in my real grandfather's house. I'm happy that the true ghost story "Unknown" seems to be popular at Lbio... I'll bring that one too! I'll also bring some of my back issues. I'll be bringing lots of handmade items — book pouches and other pieces that should be great for spring and summer — so if you're nearby, please stop by!

Zindies Zindies
Event
Nov
1
Sun

ZINE Fest Hiroshima(Unofficial)

Sunday, November 1, 2026 11:00〜16:00 Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Hall — West Exhibition Hall, Exhibition Space No. 2
Zindies Zindies
Event
Oct
31
Sat

ZINE Fest Fukuoka(Unofficial)

Saturday, October 31, 2026 11:00〜16:00 Fukuoka International Congress Center, 2nd Floor Multipurpose Hall
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Me and the War + Supplement Set +3

Me and the War + Supplement Set

ZINE "Me and the War" and a supplement set A5 size 32 pages Through this wordless picture book, I prepared myself to put an end to war. I created it hoping for a world where children are not killed by war, and with the wish that this world might move even one or two steps in a better direction.

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Creator
とぅ む

とぅ む

I create with the hope for a world where children are never killed by war, and with the wish that this world may move even one or two steps in a better direction.

否 光清

否 光清

Started writing tanka around the time the swallows arrived in 2024. Born in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture; currently living in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture. Affiliated with Nakatsugawa's so-called “Yuruyuru” tanka gathering and with Towa-Fleur in Sapporo. Recently I've been into balsamic vinegar.