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I share your general concerns, Rath, though as Homer mentioned, manipulating history isn’t new. It’s arguably an innate tendency, rooted...

This is my status. There are many like it, but this one is mine.

Goodreads and Kensington Publishing Corporation are sponsoring a giveaway of 100 advanced reader copies of my second book, Days of Sun...

Some story names are hard to think up, while others just fit. Sometimes they come to us near the beginning, or the middle, or long after...

I sometimes start with the title, though I’ve been working more on non-fiction of late. Sometimes a title can capture a vibe and inspire...

Did anyone hear about the AI social media? It's called Moltbook. Humans can view it and in theory AI could promote human books there...

Something that just horrified me: people are using AI to create fake Holocaust imagery to distort history. This old BBC article (old as...

A poet picks up his pen… and, with nothing further to riddle, fiddles, twiddles the middle, lids its nib once again. But wait! He...

I share the general sentiments here. Theory follows practice. It rationalises observations of practice and can serve as a useful...

A little while back, I went to the cinema to see a Batman film. One of our group was incensed that “in real life, there’s no way that...

Is it necessary that the civilization has been thriving the whole time? There could be several long dark ages to pad it out a bit...

I’ve also been “vibe coding” recently. The parallels with the “author” Trish mentioned, who publishes an AI-produced book each day, are...

I think there’s a difference, but it arises from reframing the comparison you made. Namely, the “stigma” around the means of writing...

That chain goes all the way back to the submission level where agents and editors are already using AI to vet manuscripts. I'd like them...

This strikes me as a pragmatic approach. I like that it aids transparency and may help to build trust with an audience.