F is for friends who do stuff together, U is for you and me, N is for anywhere and anytime at all down here in the deep blue sea! The most important principle that I center in my writing is fun. Now, I must say that I’m not always successful… Continue reading
As of this post I have published 100 short stories spread out over 10 collections. A collection from me will always have 10 stories in it; I think that’s nice and neat. 100 was a big personal milestone, obviously. Ray Bradbury famously said this: The best hygiene for beginning writers… Continue reading
I am now notable enough to have received my first AI-generated scam spam… slam. I got it a few months ago sent to my personal email. I even got it also sent to my author website email. It begins with a recap of the premise of Story X from Collection… Continue reading
Heinlein’s rules for the business of fiction are also a central part of Dean Wesley Smith’s approach to writing, and now mine. Robert A. Heinlein was a legendary sci-fi author and he wrote down his rules in 1947. Like writing into the dark, they’re very simple. Let’s see how I… Continue reading
Dean Wesley Smith calls his approach to fiction “writing into the dark” and it’s the one I use which has so far resulted in what I feel is a satisfactory output of fictional text. The principles of this approach are very simple. Essentially, writing into the dark means making up… Continue reading
Layers. Onions have layers. Ogres have layers… You get it? We both have layers. My first book was published on September 22, 2025, so I have been publishing for almost a year now. However, I have been writing properly for a little longer than that. I wish I could remember… Continue reading
Happy birthday to me! I’ve always thought it would be a good idea to start my blog on my birthday, but I’ve had a lot of ideas about blogging over the years that have ended up not being good. I suppose the reason for insisting that a blog start on… Continue reading