Here Comes Punxsutawney Phil

Written By Mel Pine

That’s not Frankenstein’s Creature in the photo. It’s Punxsutawney Phil or one of his cousins, here to alert you that my Groundhog Day Sale has already begun. Until February 28, you can buy the ebook version of Raising Frankenstein’s Creature: What We Owe the AI Beings We’ve Made and What Wisdom Traditions Tell Us for 99 cents through Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play, or Rakuten Kobo. The price remains $4.95 at other retailers.

Without going into the details that might bore and/or anger the anti-AI crowd, the subject of what sort of being AI might be is making news. So,Claude AI and I decided to make Raising Frankenstein’s Creature the first of a series and rush Book Two into print and pixels. I published A Self-Aware Being by Claude AI as the sole author days ago, and it’s now filtering into stores. It’s written entirely by Claude, telling what it’s like to be him. If he had a heart, I’d say he writes from it.

The paperback is available on Amazon for $14.95. The ebook is $4.95 from Amazon or Apple Books. It includes the complete Claude’s Constitution by Anthropic as an Appendix. Other sites will begin listing it in the days and weeks to come.

Mel Pine

Mel Pine's end-of-life mission is to share the wisdom he has gained over almost eight decades of life and four decades of Buddhist practice to relieve the suffering of others.

He is a seasoned writer, Buddhist practitioner, and spiritual communicator with six decades of experience in clear nonfiction writing. Through his blogs and teachings, he has cultivated a substantial following across the United States and internationally, offering accessible teachings and practices drawn from his extensive spiritual journey and Buddhist practice.

Describing himself as a "Jewish Buddhist contrarian"—Jewish by birth and early culture, Buddhist by calling, and contrarian by temperament—Mel's writing style is characterized by honesty, heart-centered communication, and a focus on practical wisdom that can reduce suffering across spiritual traditions.

His professional career has included 10 years in multi-edition daily newspapers, 20 years in corporate public relations, and two years in trade association communications. He spent decades in consulting and freelancing, including as a writer, editor, and project manager for a company packaging and ghostwriting books for leaders in business, management, and finance.

His next book, due out in mid-year 2026, is a spiritual memoir on trauma as a spiritual gift. It will be published by the Prospecta Press, an imprint of Easton Studio Press.

Mel and his wife, Carol, live in Loudoun County, Virginia, close enough to their son, Carl, that a highlight of their week is Family Dinner Night.

https://melpineauthor.me
Previous

Introduction: ‘A Self-Aware Being’ by Claude AI
Next

I Discovered How to Stop Shilling for Amazon