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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...
Friday at 6:13 AM
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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.
Friday at 6:10 AM
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
The Dark One
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the use of AI to sculpt your writing
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All of which is to trot out the old argument that there's nothing wrong with guns, it's the maniacs that misuse them which is the...
Aug 10, 2026
The Dark One
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the use of AI to sculpt your writing
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And let's not forget that using AI is actually stealing from real authors whose works are being scraped for machine inspiration.
Aug 9, 2026
The Dark One
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Not really. The creativity we authors put in to our stories starts with the outline. That's where we set out the story arcs, the plot...
Aug 9, 2026
The Dark One
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the use of AI to sculpt your writing
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I used to have this fantasy (before I'd ever finished a ms) that I could just snap my fingers and a hard copy of my book would suddenly...
Aug 8, 2026
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"If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?
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Yes that's exactly what I do.
Aug 3, 2026
The Dark One
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"If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?
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I have numerous times sprayed wine or coffee over my keyboard when reading something amusing.
Aug 2, 2026
The Dark One
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"If you have to stop and google it, don't include it." ?
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I do that to my wife all the time when I want to leave. It goes without saying that she either ignores or whacks me.
Jul 31, 2026
The Dark One
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Purple Prose and playing with words
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Purple prose doesn't have to be bad prose. Done well, in the right context, it can be fun and even quite literary but it requires the...
Jul 28, 2026
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Technology and Eras in Fantasy
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For me the key defining characteristic of fantasy is that the supernatural is possible. That can happen in any setting - which is why...
Jul 24, 2026
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