Writer · Adjunct Professor · Louisville, KY

EricShay Howard

I write personal essays and teach writing, composition, business, and IT at universities around Louisville. I also build software with AI, and I document those projects here.

This fall, I'm writing for journals,my website, first.

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Eric Shay Howard smiling outdoors in a dark blazer and light blue shirt, trees glowing behind him.
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How each essay is made

Every essay says how it was made

How I use AI →
01

Directed drafting 

I talk it through. Claude drafts, and I direct the revisions until it says what I mean.
Sentences: mostly Claude's
1 essay
  1. How I Use AI, and Why I'm Publishing HereUpdated 4 rounds of revision
02

Draft-first 

I write the draft. Over several rounds, Claude gives substantial feedback and I revise.
Sentences: mostly mine

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03

Co-writing 

We trade passages. I write a section, Claude drafts the next, and we revise each other's.
Sentences: a blend

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04

Solo 

I write and revise it myself. None of my own words on the page come from AI.
Sentences: all mine
1 essay
  1. The New Spiritual Literacy Practices of A Now Only Somewhat Atheist Adjunct Professor After An Alien Appeared by His BedUpdated 3 rounds of revision

Personal essays

Recent writing

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  1. The New Spiritual Literacy Practices of A Now Only Somewhat Atheist Adjunct Professor After An Alien Appeared by His Bed

    I woke up in the middle of the night in the summer of 2026 to a gray alien standing by my bed.

    Oct 2, 2026 · 17 min read#teaching#writing#spirituality
  2. How I Use AI, and Why I'm Publishing Here

    What I wrote, what Claude wrote, and who made the decisions. How each essay on this site is made, and why I'm stepping back from journals for now.

    Sep 28, 2026 · 3 min read#thoughts

Projects

Things I'm making

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This website

I moved off Squarespace and rebuilt my site with Claude Code, partly to finally learn how programming and GitHub actually work.

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On YouTube

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Videos on writing, teaching, and whatever I'm thinking about this week.

@weirdericshayhoward

About

An MFA in Creative Writing, an MBA, and four years in IT at a law firm. Now I build and teach courses across three university systems and write here.

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