by Nick Kolakowski | Mar 23, 2022 | Noir
When the pandemic started, I spent a lot of time playing around with a software platform called GPT-3, which generates text based on whatever you input into it; newspapers such as The Guardian have experimented with using GPT-3 to produce articles, for example. I...
by Nick Kolakowski | Feb 1, 2022 | Pop Culture
So I decided to kill someone with a drone. In fiction, I mean. It was a crucial moment in the writing of my novel “Love & Bullets.” One of the protagonists, an Elvis-loving assassin with a penchant for fast food and navel-gazing, had to wipe out a...
by Nick Kolakowski | Dec 4, 2021 | Pop Culture
For many folks, the terms “noir” and “crime fiction” are synonymous with big cities. There’s the stereotypical imagery of bank robbers and fedora-topped detectives stalking the mean, rain-slicked streets. But of course, crime fiction can take place anywhere —...
by Nick Kolakowski | Oct 26, 2020 | Noir
We’re out in paperback, and on Kindle, Nook, Apple Books, and Google Books, although I’m always big on encouraging folks to buy indie. Here’s the summary (which also touches on the prequel, Boise Longpig Hunting Club): Three nights ago, Jake Halligan and his...
