Creative Governance: A Compass to Powerful Authorship
(Beth Turnage Blog) There’s an ongoing argument in writing communities about whether artificial intelligence can write good fiction. The usual objections are familiar. AI produces bland prose. It relies on predictable plots. It doesn’t understand human...
#SaturdayStorytime: Hostile Takeover
(Beth Turnage blog) When an investment banker encounters the supernatural, it doesn’t work out well. A Supernatural Dark Comedy It was a good thing I was dead. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have survived the next fifteen minutes. Technically, I...
Blogging? A Working #Author’s Tool for Steady Audience Growth
#IndieAuthors #Blogging (Beth Turnage Blog) In this post: Do fiction writers need an author platform? Explore what research reveals about blogging, reader engagement, and building your audience. Do fiction writers need an author platform? Ask ten writers, agents, and publishers,...
#SaturdayStorytime: We Regret to Inform You…That You Are Dead
#AmWriting #WritingCommunity #Horror (Beth Turnage Blog) This is a repost of an entry from 2017, but since we are all getting spammed by phone nowadays and it’s spooky season, I’ll refresh it as a phone solicitation. And...
#Writing Fundamentals: One of Two Things Your #Novel May Lack
#Amwriting #WritingCommunity #Writers (Beth Turnage Blog) Coming Up Short? You May Be Skipping Your Character’s Feelings I’ve been reading a novelist whose first two books have me looking at the story through...
"Last Farewell of the Emperatrix" in Adventitious!
This story is in the new issue of Adventitious! It's the story of a former leader of a multi-dimensional university, her legacy evoked through the changing of art styles and commemorations, with a backdrop of uncanny Provosts and Regents, st......
#SaturdayStoryTime—The Perils of Online Dating
(Beth Turnage Blog) I am more than the sum of my parts! Interview with social media influencer, interior artist, and creator of ARIA™ ASMR—Re Sult Insects trilled and chirped a white wall of noise at 10,000...
The Easy #Money-Back-Guarantee Trap: What #Self-Publishing Programs Refund
(Beth Turnage Blog) Note: This post examines publishing-program costs and refund policies to help you make an informed decision about whether a program fits your goals and budget. Part 3 of 6: The Truth About Self-Publishing Programs...
#AmWriting #SaturdayStorytime: AI Get No Satisfaction
#SFFReaders #SFFWriters #WritingCommunity (Beth Turnage Blog) It was a perfectly lovely day in Colorado. There was no rain. The temperature was a balmy 80 degrees. No humidity, of course, but I, the AI who monitored weapons systems for...
#AmWriting—Let’s Tell a Story #SaturdayStorytime
(Beth Turnage Blog) Years ago, Chuck Wending would sponsor a weekly storytelling contest on his blog Terrible Minds, based on prompts he posted, which was a lot of fun. Then he gave it up. Awww. Now that I have my aggregatory SFFBloggers...