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Why Adverbs are Good, Actually
Stop me if you've heard this before: Hey, you're a writer, and here's a rule of writing: NEVER use adverbs! Adverbs are awful, a sign of weak writing. Go back and…
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Buttonhook #3 – “‘Gadget’ Doesn’t Stand the Test of Time”
Would you pay $170 for a 2 ½ hour game? This would have been my piece for the third issue of Buttonhook. Unfortunately, the zine only ever had one issue, so…
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Buttonhook # 2 – “LEGO Rock Raiders was Baby’s First RTS”
This would have been my piece for the second issue of Buttonhook. As the zine has been shelved indefinitely, I'm sharing it here, with some minor expansions, as I don't have…
A Quick Overview of Market Payments in Short Fiction
If you are not a writer, this post will probably be useless to you. But I love data! And Excel! And I saw some other writers make some charts about this…
Reprint Roundup # 2
This is a pared-down mirror of the email that just went out! For any of y'all who might be using RSS or like things a bit easier to read. How to…
Story Behind the Story – The Application of Lycanthropy as a Novel Treatment for Gender Dysphoria
New story day! And it's perfect for pride month :) Story: The Application of Lycanthropy as a Novel Treatment for Gender DysphoriaPublished in: The Voice of Dog [free] as well as…
Story Behind the Story – Subsume (plus some other news!)
It's been a hot minute since a new piece of original fiction came out, huh! Not counting the zine, since that was self-published. Anyways, there's three additional bits of news to…
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Reprint Roundup #1
This is a pared-down mirror of the email that just went out! For any of y'all who might be using RSS, and also to have a single thing to link to…
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The Issue With AI
This originally appeared in the newsletter for my local writers's organization. As a resident of Silicon Valley, I’m sure you’ve heard about AI. And, as a writer, I’m sure you’ve heard…
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Palworld is the Best Pokémon Game, and Here’s Why
With apologies to Hbombingguy for stealing his formula for a clickbaity title Before I am skewered by your pitchforks, let me clarify: this is my opinion. Pokémon is an IP that…