A Couple of Writers Blog
The Soundtrack to Our Novel – Part III
This is one of my absolute favorite blog posts to write! Music greatly inspires my writing and, with the release of As Strong As Death so close now (August 15!), I am thrilled to give you a musical glimpse into the plot! I have songs for every major moment of the...
You Are More Than the Bad Things That Happen to You
You wake up in a room you don’t recognize. You shiver inside a coat you’ve never seen before. You touch your face, which you know is yours but you can’t identify it. You look out the window at a city, and you have no idea how you got here. You have taken a wrong turn...
Will AI Lead to a Utopian Dream … or a Dystopian Nightmare?
I asked the well-known AI tool, ChatGPT, to write a blog post about the dangers of ChatGPT. It did, and what follows is not that post. But I will open by citing the four dangers of ChatGPT—according to ChatGPT: Amplification of bias Misinformation and fake news...
Back from the Dead
But everything was not the way it should be. There was such a thing as too much power. And there would be a terrible price to pay if people found out he had it. If you could bring someone who died back to life … would you? My brother died in 2019. I miss the way he...
The War Inside
In warfare, both sides lose. There are no real winners when nations or peoples war against one another. The war in Ukraine is a high-profile example of this as are several other wars raging as I type this. War leads to death and defeat, in a sense, for all involved....
My Side of the Street
For many years I operated under an ideology summarized by the mantra, “as long as my side of the street is clean.” In other words, other people will make poor choices, sin, and do wrong. But that shouldn’t affect me as long as I make sure I am not doing the same. The...
