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What can I say? The months since I last posted for you have been long, long, long. More has come to light concerning the potential uses and misuses of generative AI. Now, of course, as Continue reading In the New Era of Generative AI… Context is Everything
This is a hot topic among writers, and a tough one. As I’m trying to gather my thoughts on how AI will likely affect me and others like me, the technology races ahead. Everywhere I Continue reading The Great Human Hack (& Dueling Fiddles)
It’s that time of year again, and happily, my silly little Christmas poem “Wonder, the Christmas Cat” is still making the rounds. We could use a little levity, don’t you think? Speaking of animals, I’ve Continue reading An Entire Planet Grows… Smarter?
Did you know that I have a Halloween-themed short story that’s free to read? The process of submission takes so long – and this was in 2020 during the worst of the pandemic – that Continue reading The Ordered Chaos of “Odd Wheels” — and Novels!
Today and tomorrow, I’ll be attending the Atlanta Writers Conference. I haven’t been around a huge group of people like that in a long time, and I have to say, I’m looking forward to it. Continue reading Off I go! To the Atlanta Writers Conference
It’s all about when we notice the glass, isn’t it? I’d written two new pieces this November for today’s post, one that was long and one that was short. The long one turned out to Continue reading Glass Half Full
As I know you know, you are far from alone in your feelings about SFF and its use of terminology. And not just what you said about pointless frustration. Good speculative fiction must go much Continue reading To my friend, a Hesitant Sci-Fi/Fantasy Reader
An author on Twitter once asked the other authors what they found challenging to them. For me at the time, it was how to convey silence in my stories. Silence has value. It’s easier to Continue reading Noise
I recently read The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the ‘Jennifer Aniston’ Neuron (2017), recommended to me by a reader of my last post, in which neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga talks about how our brains Continue reading Memory as a Model for Fiction
Since childhood, I’ve been imagining the future. Maybe it’s a compulsion or a personality quirk. I actually have to make a point sometimes of focusing on the present. I’m older now and have more experiences Continue reading The Futurist