Author Journey

Wins, Waste & Sin

Sated needs and salvaged waste are irreconcilable human demands.

Mar 24

Trivial Human - 0 : Arrogant AI - 1

HAL is almost here.

Mar 3

Authors don't use AI to Lie, Deceive & Manipulate

Just stir some Svengali into that Cauldron of Convincing.

Feb 9

To do what I want to do. Apparently.

Dec 22, 2023

Queer Storylines: Spicy Indulgence or Commercial Necessity?

Vote on the "Yin vs. Yang" tendency whilst ignoring the 'silent majority'.

Oct 26, 2023

Investigation, Extrapolation, Frustration

(3/3) The joy of predicting a fictional future diminishes with increasing years.

Oct 21, 2023

2 for 1 Special: Legacy Mode / First Lesson

(2/3) Creative examples from the technology ideation process described in Part 1.

Oct 6, 2023

Creating Fictional Technologies

(1/3) Feasible, plausible, useful - but not necessarily comprehensible.

Sep 29, 2023

No tea. No guns. No phones. No broken hear—

Strike that last. Hearts will be broken.

Sep 7, 2023

The What of the Where, Seasoned with How and Why

A checkpoint summary of my writing to mark the doubling of my audience.

Sep 1, 2023

Human Creativity Faces an Identity and Authenticity Crisis

Is the book publishing industry willing and able to defend the autonomy of human authors?

Aug 10, 2023

A Woman's World

Watching, listening and learning is the key to better character writing.

Jul 26, 2023

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