Somebody on Twitter asked this question today: I have wrestled with this question at intervals. I usually think about it for a short while, but then I remember that I have a finite amount of time left on the planet and I need to create something that is definably mine before I go. I have worked in I.T. for 42 years, and I do not believe that I was able to “move the needle” on […]
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This morning, I found myself staring at a question that I commonly see on social media: This, in broader terms, leads to the classic worry that I think most authors have: what if somebody else plagiarizes or steals all or part of my writing and claims it as their own? (This, by the way, applies to almost any type of writing; fiction, non-fiction, current affairs, you name it). I have done a lot of reading
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I have taken to describing Books of Loukas as “33% mermaids, 33% fantasy and 33% smut” over the last few months when asked to provide a summary of the position of the books in the weird classification zone that we call “genre”. I settled on that description after a while, since it seems to encapsulate the main positioning elements of the books in the whole sphere of fiction. I concluded a long time ago that the
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When I completed the first draft of Book 1 of this series in the Spring of 2018, I immediately sent it in ebook form to a couple of dozen friends. That was a mistake. It was a mistake for 2 reasons: 1. Friends are not the correct people to ask to be reviewers. They often are unwilling to tell you what you need to hear (one lady friend flat-out refused to review it, her comment
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One of the great weaknesses that Rupert Ramsgate has is a procrastination gene. (Along with a packrat gene). This results in extended gestation periods for any projects. Books of Loukas first appeared in nascent form as a sketch 6 years ago. It finally coalesced to a book series 5 years ago, and a draft book was created in the Spring of 2018. Since then, a lot of things have happened, including Covid-19, and progress has
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