I’ve been reading a book about how writers can deepen their character building, The Compass of Character by David Corbett. I love his approach to figuring out what a character is lacking. What they’re yearning for. What resistance they face. And what their core desire is. What I find particularly interesting is that at the end of …

While working on that new reader magnet I mentioned last week, I asked both Midjourney and ChatGPT to generate an image of Niko. Which image do you like better?Niko 1 – Character Art from ChatGPTNiko 2 – Character Art from Midjourney

Ah, character details. They’re so hard to keep track of! I was asking Claude AI to pull out some character details for Niko for a new reader magnet I’m working on. To my surprise, Claude listed Niko’s full name as Nikolos Ezequiel Andros. I was certain Claude had made up that middle name. So I went back …

I’ve rewritten the first chapter of Betrayal.  If your e-reader doesn’t automatically update files, you can read the current version on Betrayal’s book page, under Excerpt. In honor of the new change, I had Midjourney generate some sketches of Kai as he might be in this opening scene.

Vengeance Audio Discussion from Google NotebookLM I tried out Google’s NotebookLM this week. One of the things you can do is upload material and have Google generate an audio discussion between two AI hosts. It’s a way to help people who learn best from a discussion. Authors have been trying it out on their own books …

It’s a bit of a cliché to say that people ask writers where they get their ideas. But also true.With me, it’s seldom one flash of inspiration. I might come up with part of an idea while in the car driving to an appointment. I might flesh it out a bit more while on my walk …