Welcome to Jen Mierisch’s author site. Here you’ll find humor, horror, and a lot of stuff in between.
Life Imitating Art: Eel Edition
Sometimes, a year after you write a horror story about two-headed eels in the Chicago River, a fisherman catches an eel in that same river: Several local news outlets reported on the catch, because it’s kind of a big deal. It means good things about the health of Chicago’s once-polluted waterways. American eels are born…
Anti-AI Guidelines With Style, Part II
I adore it when publishers wax creative about their utter disdain for people trying to pass off AI-generated writing as real creative work. Exhibit A: Ghoulish Tales declaring that gen-AI “writers” will be hunted down for sport. Here are three more for the hall of fame. Tangled Wilderness rightfully points out that generative AI material…
Author Scams 👀
Well, it finally happened. After writing and publishing fiction for 7 years, I’ve evidently become “big” enough to be the recipient of one of the infamous author scams! I don’t know whether to gag or be flattered. I’ll settle for a giant eye roll with a side of giggles. This is the one where they…
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