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Will ChatGPT replace me as a writer?

February 17, 2023 Paul 2 Comments

There is a lot of discussion on the stock market talk shows about how to invest in AI. Microsoft recently…

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How much should you tell the reader?

November 7, 2022 Paul 2 Comments

It is just as easy to tell a reader too much as it is to tell them not enough. Neither…

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Admonitions and Injunctions

October 21, 2022 Paul Leave a comment

Psychology helps explain some of the characters in my books. In my writing, I don’t always harken back to childhood…

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Think ahead

July 20, 2022 Paul 2 Comments

I learned the hard way to figure out the details of my important characters BEFORE starting writing. This is not…

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Potholes

July 4, 2022 Paul 1 Comment

Sometimes you don’t see a pothole in the road until you’ve smashed into it. The same is true of plot…

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Something like “method writing”

May 11, 2022 Paul 1 Comment

Creating realistic characters for me is like method acting. That may be a bit overstated. Method actors strive to inhabit…

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Encountering Writer’s Block

April 7, 2022 Paul Leave a comment

Some 35,000 words into Empty Luck, perhaps half way, I encountered the dreaded Writer’s Block. I had managed to paint…

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Plot and Character

March 2, 2022 Paul Leave a comment

Here’s what I’ve learned:  The funny thing about fiction is it’s only good if it reads like a true story.…

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Sometimes Less Is Better

January 26, 2022 Paul Leave a comment

Occasionally, less description is better. Writers want to describe. And readers want to feel.  But how do we get the…

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Pick a Hero

December 22, 2021 Paul Leave a comment

I’ve been struggling with my latest project, a novel tentatively titled Empty Luck.  I know what it is about and…

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