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Happy New Year’s Eve!
Happy New Year’s Eve! Tomorrow starts 2026. Do you have any big plans, either for tonight or the year ahead? My family usually spends the night in, quietly, just the three of us. We watch movies or play games or enjoy the gifts we got for Christmas. In the evening, I...
To Keep or To Toss? That is the Question
Should You Keep or Toss the Rules You Learned in School? Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a useful tool for many things, including writing to some extent. Nothing can replace the creativity and individual thought of the human brain, so authors and other creatives will...
My Year in Review
If you’re the kind to make New Year’s resolutions, how do you decide what it will be? Is it something you wish you would have done over the last year, something you hope to continue, or maybe a brand-new endeavor you have planned? For the past two years I’ve...
Merry Christmas
From my family to yours – Merry Christmas! What are your Christmas Day traditions? Did you have a big meal with family and friends? Open gifts? Relax the day away? Or did you wake up bright and early for the local 5K race? However you spend the holiday, I hope you...
Current Research: Poisons
No, I’m not killing anyone in real life. But when writing about injuring or killing someone, there needs to be a level of realism. Experts in every field often subconsciously judge fiction – TV, movies, and books – for their realism. My dad is a former police officer...
Merry Christmas Eve
Merry Christmas Eve! Do you have any Christmas Eve traditions? Baking and leaving cookies for Santa, opening presents (even just one!)? Wearing Christmas-themed pajamas and curling up with Christmas movies, popcorn, and hot cocoa? Let’s talk on Facebook!