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Are Writers, Artists, and Creatives In Competition with One Another?

October 31, 2023

Even in a crowded market, we’re not competing with each other. In trying to learn how many authors are self-published, no search I’ve run on Google can give me a number. Between Amazon and other services making self-publishing increasingly easier, it’s safe to presume that there are thousands, if not tens of thousands of self-published, indie authors. The number I have been able to find, according to Bowker data published in February of 2023, is

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Generative AI is a new tool neither good nor evil in and of itself

How Does it Feel To Create with Generative AI Tools?

October 24, 2023

Sharing my experience using Generative AI for writing. Does AI scare you? Why wouldn’t it? Lots of fiction over the years has painted AI as the thing that will end humanity (see the Terminator and Matrix movies). Then, it inevitably raises several ethical and moral questions. Can/will AI steal copyrighted material in what’s created? Will it take away jobs – even those of artists? Will we be competing with AI for our creative identity? Scary,

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write to market

Can I Write to Market Without Being a Hack?

October 17, 2023

That depends on multiple factors. What is a hack? Stephen Pressfield, in his brilliant book The War of Art, defines a hack as someone who “condescends to the audience.” Further, the hack chooses to work not so much with what they desire to write as much as what they think they can write for money. They focus on what they think the market wants first and foremost. Does that mean that if you write to

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Reaching “the end” and a new beginning

Reaching “The End” Is a New Beginning

October 10, 2023

So, what am I working on now? On Friday, September 29, I finished the last page of the last book of my new Savagespace series. After a lot of world-building, layout, plotting, and planning – the final book has been finished. Originally, this was going to be a 6-book series. However, as I worked on it and completed books, it was increasingly clear that I have 1-3 novels and 1-3 novellas, depending on word counts.

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create and live with passion

Is The Creation of Art An Expression of Passion?

October 3, 2023

Hell yes. Art and passion tend to be one and the same. When I was very young – not quite 5 years old – my parents took me to see a movie that changed me forever. That movie was Star Wars. Thanks to A New Hope (which I will forever just call Star Wars), I developed a lifelong love of all things science fiction. That led to a similar love affair with all things fantasy.

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Artists and creatives face unique challenges with being entrepreneurs.

What Are Some of The Challenges for Creatives Who Become Entrepreneurs?

September 26, 2023

Artists and creatives face unique challenges with being entrepreneurs. I used to think my ability to write rather easily wasn’t all that unique. I thought everyone was able to formulate ideas and translate them to text and put them on a page or screen in the same way that I could. But over the years, I learned this talent wasn’t as common as I thought. Or, more specifically, the ease with which it comes to

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I post here twice weekly about my work with Positivity, Mindfulness, and Conscious Reality Creation. I’ve been blogging every week, without fail, since the beginning of 2012.

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