Flashing Lights Volume 1 Now Available

Flashing Lights Volume 1 Now Available

Flashing Lights: Short and Weird Volume 1 is now available on Amazon in eBook and on Kindle Unlimited. The paperback and audiobook are coming in the next few weeks. Flashing Lights: Short and Weird Volume 1 is a collection of sixteen flash fiction and short stories in...

AI Assisted Writing: Who is the Villain in this Story?

In my AI Pledge, I mention content creators to whom I’ve attributed the notorious moneygrabber label. In the pledge I accept that content creators are welcome to do whatever their desires direct, their skills and budget afford them, and their readers want. And they...
Where to Get Public Domain Works for Free

Where to Get Public Domain Works for Free

A Tip and Story Share As you may have noticed by the novels, short stories, resource materials, and authors I have shared in previous newsletters, I often read historical fiction and nonfiction. In this case, by “historical,” I mean published in the past. My primary...
Sci-Fi Genre Trope: Powered Exoskeleton

Sci-Fi Genre Trope: Powered Exoskeleton

Sci-Fi Genre Trope: Powered Armor/Exoskeleton I’ve shared some of my favorite sci-fi books in recent months and realized a common trope to several of them, what I call powered armor. A powered exoskeleton, also known as power armor, powered armor, powered...
Dragon Fiction to Share

Dragon Fiction to Share

This month I’m sharing what might loosely be considered a subgenre of fantasy fiction, Dragon Fiction. So, please enjoy a brief history of dragons in literature and some current dragon fiction to share. Dragons in Fiction Dragons have been central characters in myths...