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The Author is Dead. Long Live the CEO.

Jun 9, 2026

The Author is Dead. Long Live the CEO.

Most authors write a great book and wait. Waiting is not a strategy. It is a hope. And hope has never sold a single copy.

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Choose yourself. The system chose first.

Jun 2, 2026

Choose yourself. The system chose first.

Uniqueness is wonderful personally. It's a crime systemically.

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The City That Rises

May 26, 2026

The City That Rises

The air below will kill you. The city rises every morning because staying down means death. The interactive map of Vehl's Reach is now live.

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The Loaded Game

May 19, 2026

The Loaded Game

The publishing industry has spent two decades asking introverted writers to become extroverted marketers, then punishing them when the second skill did not develop fast enough. The demand was always unfair. The shift that ends it is already in motion.

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What They Never Tell You About Putting Your Mind To It

May 12, 2026

What They Never Tell You About Putting Your Mind To It

Every framework for change assumes the mind is the ally. Mine spent thirty years trying to Cage me. Twelve years of building a world to hold what could not be held, and the three protagonists who each model a different answer to the same impossible question.

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Your Best Opening Is Two Pages In

May 5, 2026

Your Best Opening Is Two Pages In

Every debut SFF author pays the Lore Tax. The few who turn the First Lock instead find the page their book was always waiting for.

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