Why I Write
Every author needs an answer to why they write. Mine involves Orwell, Le Guin, Jurassic Park, and the disappearing freedoms we can't afford to lose.
Read more →Posts from May 2026
Of Molotovs and Movable Type
On the new Luddites, the old Luddites, and why the printing press won the argument.
Read more →The Pirate Library in the Machine
The Baldacci lawsuit points to the real question for AI fiction: not whether machines can write, but what they were fed before they opened their mouths.
Read more →When AI Couldn't String a Sentence Together
AI-accelerated fiction is my game, but it started a lot further back than you might think.
Read more →The Night the Internet Gods Turned on Me
An attempt to follow an author on Amazon turns into a small Greek tragedy about passwords, passkeys, and divine obstruction.
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