Will AI replace creatives?

A lot of discussions lately among those of us in the creative fields such as writers, whether AI will replace us. So I went to the expect. I asked AI if it would be replacing me as an author. Here is the response: No, authors will not be out of a job because of...

On Writing and the Business of Writing– some thoughts

Writing I recently read an essay about exposing MFA students too much to the business of publishing and being a writer. The theory put forth was that too much of that could stifle a student’s creativity. It was titled On Writing and the Business of Writing, so...
The Writer’s Little Black Book Published Today

The Writer’s Little Black Book Published Today

In celebration of the publication today of The Writer’s Little Black Book, the first book in the series, Life’s Little Black Book is only .99 on Kindle and in Kindle Unlimited. The Writer’s book contains over 100 mistakes writers tend to make and how to fix them, in...

Creativity: The Positive and Negative of Deadlines

Deadline Every writer dreads a deadline, yet at the same time we crave them to give us direction and purpose. I’ve been writing for a living for 30 years and have always had a contract or pre-order deadline, I often had an internal one that pushed me to do better than...
The Advantage of Indie Publishing: Speed & Coronavirus

The Advantage of Indie Publishing: Speed & Coronavirus

I’ve had a new version of The Green Beret Preparation and Survival Guide out for some months now. But given recent events, I wanted to beef up the section I already had on Pandemics with information on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) So I wrote a section, added it to...