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Inspiration struck...
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I had a day last week which for me is as good as it gets. I probably wrote about 8000 words which took my WIP from "needing a lot of...
Oct 13, 2026
The Dark One
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What makes you give up on a book?
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Hence my little joke...
Oct 7, 2026
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It's when inspiration strikes like it did this time that I really land in the zone. In that zone my inspiration and my writing are on...
Oct 6, 2026
The Dark One
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Inspiration struck...
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Well everyone's different and I'm sure your brain is very different from mine, but it does sound as though our generative experiences...
Oct 6, 2026
The Dark One
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Inspiration struck...
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When I'm in the zone (in the draft generation phase) I am completely oblivious of the process. The words just pour out of me without...
Oct 5, 2026
The Dark One
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What makes you give up on a book?
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But you must especially hate the fact that the villains always win...
Oct 5, 2026
The Dark One
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What makes you give up on a book?
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You must really hate real life...
Oct 4, 2026
The Dark One
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Inspiration struck...
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Good god! My record is about 20k words in a day - in an existing draft - and I was totally drained by the end of it.
Sep 25, 2026
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You aren't writing. It's a delusional state.
Sep 21, 2026
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What random rabbit holes have you gone down while researching?
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No, I don't go diving down rabbit holes like that. For me, research is like anything else we do connected to our writing. It needs...
Sep 4, 2026
The Dark One
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Where did 'It'll put some hair on your chest' come from?
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We Australians are incredibly hairy.
Sep 4, 2026
The Dark One
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Finding a Literary Agent
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15% of my blood sweat and tears? 15% of the gross royalties.
Aug 30, 2026
The Dark One
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Finding a Literary Agent
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Mine takes 15% which is standard in my country (Australia). Not sure of the conventions elsewhere.
Aug 30, 2026
The Dark One
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the use of AI to sculpt your writing
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You're muddying the water Skip. We're not debating whether AI has positive applications or whether it's all-pervading and here to stay...
Aug 11, 2026
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OK, wearing my hat as a retired military police officer. Yes, those companies who have created those AI-tools in the form of Large...
Aug 10, 2026
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