A modern writer who respects bards of old, like Taliesin, Aneurin, and Myrddin Wilt, combines storytelling, teaching, and compassion through both contemporary and historical themes. Bards of old were poets, musicians, and historians who preserved culture through oral performance. Maybe the reason I feel connected to bards is that, at four, I started studying music, later sang opera, and composed operas and songs to my own words. I have always studied history and believe that

AI is good for preliminary fact-finding, initial proofreading, grammar, initial sources, and potential corrections. It rarely gives the complete picture.

Fusing historical fact and fiction involves blending research, creativity, and storytelling, with much backtracking and correcting.

Literacy involves reading, writing, listening, and speaking, which enables children, to communicate with others.