A brief note to myself, on the verge of publishing my first novel. Even if you consider yourself an ally of the Black American movement to end the systematic slaughter and oppression of Black people, and you support this goal’s achievement by any means necessary, as you do, your writing might be just as racist …
Category Archives: Writing
Personal update during the plague
Hi, pandemic survivors. Just a personal update during the plague. I’ve been gone from this blog and author website for so long, when I sat down at my computer to write this update, I couldn’t remember the name of the website. It’s my own name. I was going to write the next installation in Corporate …
Apprentices and Masters
Do people read your work differently if they think you know what you’re doing? Yes. Here’s my proof. I entered the first 30 pages of Corporate Torsos Need Not Apply into a contest where the work was scored by a panel of agents. There were two categories: apprentice and master. I entered both. I wanted …
Click here for literary magic
I’m taking a Facebook ads class and the cardinal rule our instructor is trying to get across is people hate being sold to. You have to add value to their lives with your product, even if that product is an ad. Especially if that product is an ad. And yet, for some reason I can’t …