by Jim | Jun 28, 2023 | Blog
In a very real sense of the matter, certainly the writer bears no more obligation than the ordinary citizen. Those who have an opinion on the matter tend to be high on shaming, possibly other substances as well and very low on obligation. Which is as it should be....
by Jim | Jun 28, 2023 | Blog
A friend I hold in high esteem says, “when we get to where we’re going…perhaps we should stop. Unless the going was the point.” That’s a fascinating premise to me because it explains a lot about the reasons we are here on this earth and if we’re making a difference....
by Jim | Jun 18, 2023 | Blog
One of my favorite quotes is from Bill Bryson, an American writer who’s written some of the best travel writing I’ve ever read, particularly around and about Great Britain. Bill says, “There’s always a little toothpaste left in the tube.” How true that is. When you’re...
by Jim | Jun 18, 2023 | Blog
Non-fiction is all too often ignored by the novice writer looking to be the next Hemingway or John Le Carre. But it’s a captivating and powerful form of expression that allows writers to delve into the realms of reality, explore human experiences, and shed light on...
by Jim | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog
In the current flurry of activity concerning artificial intelligence (AI) and the writing crafts, you are perhaps unaware of the Google project named Deep Mind. According to Google, “when we launched DeepMind back in 2010, many people thought general AI was a...
by Jim | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog
There was a time I wrote poetry. Then it turned itself off and prose returned. If you write, have you ever had that happen? I’m not really even a fan of poetry and rarely read it for pleasure. And yet for probably a year and a half it simply came to me on a tram, or...