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Normally I write these posts on Tuesday morning, and it’s exceedingly rare that I have any sort of plan ahead of time, even a vague idea for a post. I often just sit down and think, Okay… what do I write about this week?
But I’m actually writing this post a week ago, and will schedule it to pop up today, because for the first time since May of 2024, I’m on ...
In honor of next Monday being my sixty-second birthday, get this…
I really want every fantasy author to stop falling back on D&D for their fantasy worldbuilding. It is not the only magic system. Nor is it a shared magic system. Nor is it the only set of “races” and monsters. It is a game that is owned by someone else, and despite all the freedom of the d20 thing, etc., if you aren’t actually creating a playable D&D campaign setting,...
I do not use any form of LLM, “AI,” or chatbot for any reason at all, and certainly not for writing and absolutely never with any of the edits I do. And though I continue to avoid any version of “the news” for my own mental health, AI, book bans, and other assaults on my own community—anything and everything writing, books, and publishing—continues to haunt everything I do. S...
Last week I read H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror for at least the third time. This time I read it in the beautiful Design Studio Press edition illustrated by French artist Fr...