Annerose Walz – Annerose Walz

August 29, 2024August 29, 2024

Trying out AI generating software

AI is on everyone’s lips these days, and as controversial as it is, I guess it’s here to stay. So, I want to figure out how it works.
I already know that AI can be helpful with my writing process, help me edit and critique my texts, or help me find the right words for the right situation.

It can also be helpful and support the creative process when used with a bit of caution.
I participated in a workshop the other day, offered by Nucly Akademy (my favorite Photoshop Learning place – www.nucly.com). During the workshop, we created a monumental text with the help of AI.

June 28, 2024June 28, 2024

My newest project – “The Wordslingers” Magazine

In Spring 2023 one of my colleagues, Matthew, challenged me to write a flash fiction piece.
I had never written flash fiction before. I’m a novel writer. Even the short stories I write challenge me to stay within the usual 3,000-word limit. Now, flash fiction is even more limited, to 500 to 1500 words. I took the challenge just to prove to myself that I could do it.

December 27, 2023December 27, 2023

My newest Short Story is published!

You can find my speculative fiction short story “That’s my Life – or is it?” in the newest Writing Journey Anthology called THE SPACES IN BETWEEN – A Writing Journey Anthology.
This anthology is a diverse collection of “what if” questions across four imaginative cues: One More Day, Suddenly Sentient, Forever Changed, and Never Returning.

November 17, 2022November 17, 2022

It’s this time of the year :)

Published! My 6th short story.

You can now read my sixth short story
“Sacred Blue Love” which is published in
“Denizens of the DEEP”
– Illustrated stories and poems by the WRITING JOURNEY.”

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022

The Great Sand Dunes in South Colorado

In April we spent a couple of days in Southern Colorado, specifically at the Great Sand Dunes near Alamosa, CO.

December 1, 2021November 17, 2022

Published! My 5th Short Story

You can now read my fifth short story
“Three Letters” which is published in
“Triple Vision – Stories and Poems from the WRITING JOURNEY.”

March 31, 2021March 31, 2021

MY Pandemic ABC

I saw a Pandemic ABC in the New York Times corona briefing email from March 30th, 2021 written by Margaret “Page” Kakowski, Portland, OR and found it so inspiring that I decided to make my own …

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021

New! My fourth Short Story Published!

I am happy to announce, that my fourth short story is published. The Family Tree is a story for the Hidden Identity Anthology and now published in a brand new book. 40 stories and poems written during the challenging year of 2020 by authors belonging to the Writing Journey are compiled in “Masks, Facades, and Reveals.”
And this time I am not only an author, but I also contributed two illustrations.

December 31, 2020January 10, 2021

2020 – The Craziest of Years

I guess I don’t need to remind you what we went through this year, from a global pandemic, protests against systemic racism and police brutality, wild fires, earthquakes, elections and allegations of voter fraud,… and so on.

No, I won’t get into that. I want to tell you about the unexpected.
Sometimes the unexpected hits you so suddenly that you are so stunned that you can’t talk about it for quite some time. It can even make you think you dreamed it altogether.
This is the story about the unexpected discovery we made this summer.

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

Nine Years….

It’s been nine years since we drove to the Stuttgart airport with the rest of our belongings packed into eight suitcases, boarded a plane to Chicago, and stepped into this new life of ours here in the US.