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A broken one-way sign. Write what you know shouldn't be taken too literally.

Why “Write What You Know” Shouldn’t Be Taken Too Literally

April 14, 2026

Why “Write What You Know” Shouldn’t Be Taken Too Literally It’s not necessarily bad advice, but it’s often misunderstood. Photo by Camille Stelly on Unsplash I’ve come across the phrase “write what you know” many, many times since grade school. It’s a phrase often attributed (maybe correctly, maybe incorrectly) to Mark Twain. It’s also one of the most misunderstood and misinterpreted pieces of advice writers receive. The main problem is that lots of people take

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A view out a cave at a distance. Sometimes there is no deeper meaning.

Sometimes There Is No Deeper Meaning

April 7, 2026

Sometimes There Is No Deeper Meaning What you write isn’t always deep or loaded with hidden meaning. Photo by Keller Chewning on Unsplash I’ve been slowly reading my way through Chuck Wendig’s Gentle Writing Advice. It’s a clever and funny nonfiction work he put out to help writers write. I met Chuck Wendig at a small conference for writers I attended maybe a decade ago. We were introduced online, before that, by a mutual friend.

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A person writing while looking at a phone. Writing what moves you vs write to the market.

Writing What Moves You Vs Writing To The Market

March 31, 2026

Writing What Moves You Vs Writing To The Market Spoiler alert: The Market is a fickle place. Photo by Firmbee.com on Unsplash My first love as a writer has always been science fiction and fantasy. As a kid, the first stories I wrote were sci-fi (a 50-page, illustrated book at age 9, a typed, 36-page book at age 12 or 13). The first full-length novel I completed was high fantasy. Over the years, I’ve dabbled

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A person in a space suit, looking at a spaceship. Writing the sci-fi future.

Writing A Sci-Fi Future

March 24, 2026

Writing A Sci-Fi Future Dystopian hellscapes vs utopian paradises and everything in-between. Photo by Cash Macanaya on Unsplash Science fiction can be many things. While there are a lot of sub-genres of sci-fi, one of the predominant aspects is a form of predicting the future. Sci-fi presumes that the human race will still be present in future decades, centuries, or even millennia from now. Science fiction has offered ideas that have become reality. Reading this

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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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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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