Ten years. I started writing fiction in 2016. Published my first novel in 2018. And here I am, still at it, still learning, still making promises about engagement that I swear I’ll keep this time. (Yes, I know. I’ve said that before. But this year, I mean it. Probably.) The Part Where Everything Changed 2025 […]
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It has been a very long time since I’ve posted to my blog–far too long–that I feel like Rip Van Winkle waking after a long sleep. I apologize for my long silence, catalyzed by the shock of the global pandemic and subsequent changes to my plans to become a full-time author. Given that I’m about
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In August 2020, I conducted an audience survey in collaboration with nine other authors who write fiction stories involving technology themes. We offered readers ten FREE eBooks in exchange for responses to twenty questions about entertainment habits, genre, and tone preferences. We received 1,300 responses in two weeks. In this post, I provide an in-depth
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Saying goodbye to a decade… Each year since I first started writing in 2016, I’ve reviewed my accomplishments for the past year and set new goals for the year (and maybe this time if I’m feeling really spunky, for a whole decade? Nah…). I’ve often heard it said that we tend to overestimate what we
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I wrote this essay as part of A Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA) Periodic Publication entitled AI, China, Russia, and the Global Order: Technological, Political, Global, and Creative Perspectives edited by Nicholas D. Wright and Mariah C. Yager. For the full paper, visit the NSI website. Introduction In my recent reflections about the exponential growth in artificial
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Sitting at my computer this evening, I’m feeling a bit sheepish. I may have already gotten off on the wrong foot as an Indie author in 2019. For one, I’ve not kept pace with my planned writing/editing quotas this month–it’s been such a slog. I’ve also been procrastinating on setting my goals for 2019 for
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For the past three years, I’ve spent the end of the year reflecting on what I’ve achieved as an Indie author. I also set my publishing goals for the coming year. In 2017, I set many writing goals that I didn’t meet. In my end-of-year analysis, I concluded that my goals were unrealistic because they
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Last Saturday night, I was laying in bed unable to sleep and googling random things including my first novel Bionic Bug and did a massive double-take. I discovered that the hardcover version of Bionic Bug is currently available for sale on Amazon in Canada. FYI, my book is not supposed to launch on Amazon until 2019,
Back to Chapter 3 Her motorcycle waited for her on the side street next to the ballpark. Lara took off her baseball cap and packed it along with her glove in the seat compartment, shoved her helmet on, and climbed onto the bike. Revving the engine for a few minutes, she plugged in the location
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I’m about to embark on something crazy (especially since I’m an extreme introvert)… I’ve decided to become a performance author. Wait, what’s that? You’ve heard of performance artists, right? Well, I’m going to perform for my audience much like a performance artist does. The only difference is I’m a writer, and my audience consists of
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