Anatomy and advice for stubborn guys, stubborn girls, stubborn non-gendered… — I’ll make it easier: Stubborn People. I’ve never hidden here the fact that I’m physically disabled. I won’t say why because it’s irrelevant. As I’ve said before, it is what it is. Yes, it’s a progressive disability. I’ve written ten of my so-far 11 publications since it began — one…

Cue up Sonny and Cher! — “Babe. I got you, babe!” A random hacker took over my name and Facebook account ten years ago. Nothing among my data was changed or corrupted. They just had their page under my name, which took a lot of work to locate. Log out and change your password. Hackers disappeared. …

Doesn’t make him less loathsome to read though — Antiheroes, in fantasy fiction, can be entertaining to read (e.g. Michael Moorcock’s Elric, Fritz Lieber’s Fafrhd and the Gray Mouser). In the case of Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant, it’s not the case. If the writer used the Greek myth of the seer Cassandra, it explains a bit, but these…

And one that will. So, it would be best if you never did it. EVER. — Recently, Zulie Rane wrote a piece called Don’t Use ChatGPT to Write Articles. Use It For These Five Things Instead. I will show how you CAN use it for blog posts, short stories, and novels. All without feeling you need a shower to clean the sleazy off yourself. I’ll also…

Mixing genres could spice things up — Do you need something different to write? Your usual genre of choice isn’t sparking your creative itch? You’ve looked through other genres, but they don’t fire them up, either? Do you want to stay in your genre lane but stick out from everyone else writing in it? (Why do I…

So, what is Urban Fantasy? — All the links here are affiliate ones. Short answer: it’s fantasy in an urban setting. Longer, more interesting answer: urban fantasy deals with fantastic beings. For example, an elf, a vampire, a wizard) or two of these..interacting with an average human (often female). This person may be a normal human…

It’s not too late. These tips can help you — These apply to the regular November competition too. If you’re in it: why are you reading this? You should be writing! You made your word quotation for the day already? OK then. History For the 10 people in the online world that don’t know: NaNoWriMo is short for National Novel Writing…

Not everyone, but it changed mine — Don’t worry… this won’t be a bunch of “Kumbayah”s around a campfire, or a group singing about the wonders of the YMCA or the navy. 1998 My job downsized me in 1994 (they downsized so much even the company’s now gone… but I’m losing my point). I hadn’t found a new…

Wonder what marketing advice you'd get from Qubert. (Hey, you kids... get off my lawn!) Interesting piece.