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An Internet café sign. Taking the internet for granted.

Taking the Internet for Granted

March 17, 2026

Taking the Internet for Granted Useful information at your fingertips is super useful. Photo by Leon Seibert on Unsplash As everyone knows, the internet is for cats. And porn. But beyond that, it is the ultimate resource. Information about anything and everything you can think of, at your fingertips. You can access it 24/7 from a multitude of very cool tech. My current smartphone is way more powerful than the first computer I used in

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Forgotten Fodder book 8 - Shifting Sands. New novel release day!

The Last Novel of The Series (For Now) Release Day

March 10, 2026

The Last Novel of The Series (For Now) Release Day Today, the last novel of my Forgotten Fodder series goes live! Cover art by Rose Butcher Welcome to my next New Novel Release day! Today, the eighth novel in my Forgotten Fodder sci-fi, clone, crime, and conspiracy series is available as an audiobook, paperback, and eBook across multiple platforms. The series occurs some 550 years in our future. It’s the continuation of the first series

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Hands holding a pen and writing in a journal. There’s no right or wrong way to write fiction.

There’s No Right or Wrong Way to Write Fiction

March 3, 2026

There’s No Right or Wrong Way to Write Fiction Pantsers, planners, and plantsers are all welcome and getting it done. Photo by Lindy Maio on Unsplash When it comes to writing, especially fiction, there’s endless debate about how to do it right. Beyond things like word counts, time spent daily, and other considerations, there’s also the process you work by. I’ve written about this before, but I think it’s worth taking a fresh look. When

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Scrabble tiles arranged to spell out Plan and Goal overarched by Discipline.

Creating The Discipline to Do Your Art

February 24, 2026

Creating The Discipline to Do Your Art There’s more than one way to make your art happen. Photo by Brett Jordan on Unsplash Some people do their art as a hobby. Others as a side-hustle. Then you get pros. When you do your art professionally, it’s important that you create a time and space to work. Turning pro means that you create your art as your vocation. For me, that’s storytelling. As a writer, I

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Two women looking to be having an uncomfortable confrontation. Do You Communicate With, Not At, Your Audience?

Do You Communicate With, Not At, Your Audience?

February 17, 2026

Do You Communicate With, Not At, Your Audience? How you convey any given message matters. Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash When you have a message of any sort, how you communicate it will alter its impact. This can involve a great deal of subtlety and nuance. But it’s important to any writer, speaker, or other creative when sharing, teaching, or otherwise passing on their “wisdom,” such as it may be. In the last 6

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A hand holding a pen writing in a notebook. Writing Themes vs Tropes Vs Plots

Writing Themes vs Tropes Vs Plots

February 10, 2026

Writing Themes vs Tropes Vs Plots Exploring and defining elements of the fiction-writing process. Photo by lilartsy on Unsplash There are any number of challenges you face when it comes to writing fiction. The first, of course, is what to write. I often have a bunch of different, half-formed concepts swirling around my brain. One advantage to writing as a pantser is how easy it is to grab a thread and run with it. Of

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