Subverting Expectations
Each month during the Atlanta Writers Club meeting, they offer a writing challenge to the participants. The rules are that the entry must include the one word prompt and has …
My Alter Ego
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Author Bio
I thought I’d share my current Author Bio from Amazon.com. From what I can tell, not many people read those on Amazon so maybe it will get more attention here. …
Winning (still) Isn’t Everything
“I Chat, Therefore I Am” made it to the Shortlist for the Letter Review Prize for Short Fiction (July–August 2023). From what I can tell, the Shortlist is another way …
Winning Isn’t Everything
I don’t like to brag but it’s so hard to get others to do it for me. My short work of humorous fiction, “I Chat, Therefore I Am” was recognized …
A Hard Road with ChatGPT
A good friend of mine wrote the book Hardscrabble Road, and it was published in 2018. It is a story of a young boy Bud, also know by his given …
Why You Should Write Book Reviews
If you don’t believe me—and I can see why you wouldn’t—read what George Weinstein has to say about it. How to Give Book Reviews—and Why Image by Tumisu from Pixabay
A Masochist’s Guide to Self-Publishing
Do you want to see your book in the window of every bookstore? Right between stacks of the latest Washington tell-all and yet another Stephen King bestseller? You know. The one …