STATE COLLEGE — Author and editor Andrew Akers will speak at the Nittany Valley Writers’ Network meeting on Tuesday, April 14 in the Schlow Library Community Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the meeting begins at 6:30.

Akers will present “Leaving the Island: A Writer’s Guide to Surviving the AI Apocalypse,” a talk on how collaborative storytelling can help create more complex projects, how community-building can overcome bad actors flooding the market with generative AI and how he has incorporated this into his projects, including his website.

In addition to his fiction writing, Akers is a forest ranger from Pennsylvania, and the editor-in-chief of The Ranger’s Almanac, an annual literary journal for conservation workers and nature enthusiasts worldwide. His writing has appeared in “Book XI,” “The Daily Tomorrow,” “MetaStellar” and more than 20 other publications.

Akers will celebrate the release of his novel, “Tapestry,” on April 18. His interactive novel, “The Gatebreaker Protocol,” is forthcoming.

The event is free and open to the public.

The Nittany Valley Writers’ Network is a sharing, supportive community linking local writers of all genres and levels of experience.

For more information, contact nvwn-leadership-committee@googlegroups.com.