Charlene Lamy Edge Speaks about The Way International

Charlene pictured in a Winter Park, Florid, shop with copies of her memoir, Undertow, on the shelf. 2017 Hello, readers. Today's post is mainly for writers, but really, like all my posts, it's for all of you. What about writers and self-respect? Self-respect is connected to today's topic: writers and AI. Remember, AI stands for Artificial Intelligence. I know, I know. This issue of AI is all over the map. Some believe it's helpful in certain fields, like those pertaining to science and math. But if you ask some of us who care about literature, you might get a different response. We say something like this: If you want artificial novels, plays, poems, memoirs and articles spit out by a machine (in part or in whole), fine. But some of us don't. We don't want literature like that, and we sure won't write it like that. We refuse to use AI to create any literary works, i.e. poems, novels, plays, essays or ANYTHING else, including book reviews. We don't consi...

CHARLENE L. EDGE is the author of the award-winning memoir, Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International ( New Wings Press, LLC. 2017). She spent 17 years (1970-1987) in The Way as a leader and Biblical researcher trained by the founder of The Way himself: Victor Paul Wierwille (1916-1985).  In 1987, she escaped the cult's headquarters in New Knoxville, Ohio, where she worked as a member of the Biblical Research team. Years later in Florida, she earned a B.A. in English from Rollins College, graduating summa cum laude  (1994). Her writing career includes more than decade of work as a technical writer and proposal writer in the software industry.  A member of the Florida Writers Association, the Authors Guild, and the International Cultic Studies Association, Edge is also a prize-winning poet. She lives in Florida with her husband, Hoyt L. Edge, Rollins College Professor Emeritus of Philosophy.     More on Edge's ...

Greetings, readers. Did you know there are two videos of yours truly on YouTube? First video In this one I share my memoir,  Undertow,  my experiences in The Way International, and features of cults. It's titled "A Cult Insider's Story."  View it at  CHARLENE L. EDGE --Author "A Cult Insider's Story The presentation was recorded in February 2021 for  The Global Centre for Advanced Studies (GCAS). The director, Creston Davis, introduces me. Second video The is the recording of my book launch for my second book, From the Porch to the Page: A Guidebook for the Writing Life.  The event was held at the Winter Park Library in Winter Park, FL in 2022. View it at  Author Salon: Charlene Edge Both books are sold on Amazon, Barnes and Noble in paperback and eBook. Indie bookstores and public libraries can get them for you in paperback. Thanks for reading, Charlene Note: I do not use AI to produce content.  Bio Charlene grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryla...