The Dangers (and Courtesies) of "Feedback" for new writers.
I'm involved in writing groups and forums. There, writers ask for help and put out advice, and we all keep the community moving,...
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J.M Robison,
Fantasy where heroes don't follow the rules
We Were Not Born Broken
This post written 100% by human. (My Anti-AI promise here.) A POEM CALLED "WHAT HURTS?" Foot. Back. Hip and knee. Ankle, shoulder--no...
My Anti-AI Promise
RULES: Humans only ChatGPT and all other AI will never, never, never touch anything of mine. Everything, from my newsletters, to my blog,...
How to Write a Realistic Prison Guard Character (Hollywood gets this wrong)
I worked as a Deputy Sheriff for 7 years over three different counties. If you would like to write a character who is a prison guard or...
Don't Write for Money. Write Because You Have a Story to Tell.
I see an upsetting attitude toward writing, and that attitude is "Don't write the 2nd book in the series until the publisher accepts the...
Why You’re in a Reading Slump and How to Break From it.
How did you get to this point? You LOVE books… don’t you? Maybe you’re afraid you don’t love books anymore because the last three that...
First Spa Day
I must be doing spas wrong, because they put me on edge instead of relaxing me.
The Last Wizard has a 324 Year Old Secret
Wanting to track down her friend's murderers, corset-hating Brynn of 1842 England follows a map her dead friend left her, but she finds...
The Difference Between An Active and Reactive Plot Line
There are only 2 forces in this world: what we make happen by our own two hands (we drive the car) and the random acts we react to (we...
What Is It? (one of those poems by Russ Asson)
Its nature is uncertain, Its purpose not disclosed. I don’t know what it is, But I’m sure it isn’t prose. It rises when falling’s better,...
Share The Good Stories, Since The Media Won't
(This thunderstorm is a good representation of the thunderstorm we were running from) I have ranted before about the media reporting on...
My Blogging Intern Stint With Collegerentals.com
BELOW ARE THE ARTICLES I WROTE FOR COLLEGERENTALS.COM Why Tweeting About Your Roommates Is A Bad Idea Maintain Personal Security in Your...
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