Notes and Lessons Learned on the Business of Writing
The influence of Corporate media, and Google will implode unless they can go hug the cactus. That’s my simple message as I prune out YouTube subscriptions, unfollow famous voices, and migrate over to Bluesky. Maybe you have, too. But first, I have a new neighbor. He comes from Greece or Idaho – I haven’t gotten…
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Global Silent Book Club Week (GSBCW) is now complete for 2024 – what did I learn from running a global, virtual event for introverted people like me? Here are some lessons learned and thoughts on future plans. The Amazing Moments First and foremost – preparing for GSBCW forced me to get out of my comfort…
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Global Silent Book Club Week (#GSBCW) encourages people of all ages to gather and read quietly together. Join us and read silently for an hour – we’ve got a virtual reading nook set up for you on Discord. Great for the families looking for a wholesome activity to share during Fall Break. Learn More and…
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Happy Tuesday – interesting updates from the Inkican desk include Bluesky and new business cards. Check out the business card below – feedback welcome – and then I’ll tell you what’s going on with Bluesky: The business card came out of feedback from somebody who suggested I have some on hand. I wanted something…
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A brief discussion on BlueSky made me realize that Star Wars Needs a ‘Ford v Ferrari’ moment. In other words, the franchise needs to reckon with itself, and get out of its own way. More on that in a moment, but first – what can the Ford GT40 tell us about Star Wars? Don’t take…
Well that’s a yikes – a prominent member of the SFWA has been removed as ‘director at large’ for being a predatory creative and other scumbag behavior. Writers of all shapes and sizes take note – Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki’s behavior isn’t unique. Just because you’re on their side as a scifi writer doesn’t make them…
Hooray – a new scifi short story is here – Justice Heuristic is published / publishing on your favorite ebook platforms. I started writing this last year as a reaction to different current events. How bad does the world have to get before powerful people start to act with humanity and decency? What if you…
Today, we’ve got a Scifi Superfan Roundup. This has never happened to me before – What do you do when all of your work suddenly pays off in one simple, unexpected gesture? I’ve spent years reaching out to people online, making friends, and some of them are very kind – I appreciate knowing them. It’s…
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Interesting convo on Mastodon regarding Peter Cushing, deepfakes, and Disney. Simply put, we’re all better off if we calm down. Peter Cushing’s likeness in Rogue One was – whether you like deepfakes or Disney or not – legal. It was *legal*. Xatakaon’s take on this was ill-put, but maybe that was the point to begin…
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Old Eighties movies are an exercise in magical thinking and main character syndrome – to do better we have to say ‘yes’ to main characters and ‘no’ to main character syndrome. It’s a pitfall we must avoid to practice storytelling stewardship. Storytelling stewardship means acting with intention on what you want readers to take from…
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