Yes. I said, “Pandemic.” Go ahead and cringe. The 2020s have given us more exposure to this word than anyone rightly deserves in their lifetime. But the pandemic I’m speaking of could be just as devastating to author careers as the dreaded “C-word” was to human lives. I’m talking about AI. Go ahead and cringe again. I just did. As I prepared my manuscript for a new round of professional editing, I made the mistake (not really a mistake) of catching up on the publishing news m

It’s easy to write a blog when there’s no one to read it, which is a perfect way to begin for someone who is generally private. You might ask, “So why a blog then?” Good question. I don’t have an answer. The best I can do is hope it’s useful to somebody, someday. We’ll see. I began the year with a grandiose goal: to write three books. Yes. Three. Never do this. Two of the books are non-fiction and quite technical. I didn't have to query proposals for these. Both books were al