You’ve never played Doom like this before. Back in the day, most people could play computer games on their parent’s PCs, or on the work computer when the boss wasn’t looking. But nowadays, it seems most of the games out there everyone wants are just unplayable. Not because they’re bad. In fact, they’re very, very…
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Review: Udio vs Suno – Which Is Better?
I’m of the generation that grew up before many innovations that are today commonplace – like microwave ovens, mobile phones and bendable paper-thin LCD touch screens. To give you an idea, an example I often use, is that between 1986 and 1991, whilst I worked on my first draft of what would become “Blachart” (my…
Why Witch Hunts Are Bad For Everyone
Pursuant to my previous articles on the witch hunt being waged by those losing their marbles about the availability of AI image-generation to authors (1,2); at least several book marketing groups on Facebook have apparently taken to banning or deleting posts promoting books which their admins *suspect* (i.e. without any actual burden of proof) were…
Playing Monopoly
According to critics of indie authors (strangely enough, from some within the indie author “community”) the use of free AI-generated cover images is “ripping off” artists who would otherwise receive payment for creating those covers.
Feeling Threatened?
When all is said and done, this isn’t about other people’s copyright – it’s about what’s paid, and what’s free – and who can afford to be part of the ‘club’. Ultimately, it’s about wealthier indies thinning out the competition to get to, or stay on top.
Artificial Intelligence vs Natural Stupidity
This looming witch hunt seems to me more about forcing authors to make use of paid services and relinquishing their creative freedom and independence than anything else – an extension and continuation of the age-old effort to gentrify the writing profession, and to make it back into a rich person’s hobby.
Extracts
Extracts! Here’s a selection of extracts from various novels and series for you to enjoy! Reading these may help you to decide which book you want to read next – in fact I hope it does! Feel free to leave comments or to email me. Thanks for your support! List of Extracts: “Mirror, Mirror” (Standalone…
Easy DIY #81 Make A Display Case From A Steel & Glass Coffee Table
For some time I’d been eyeing a steel & glass coffee table and planning this – so it’s with some degree of satisfaction that I present to you: my new display case!
Free Audiobook: Dead Beckoning, book 3 in the Galaxii Series
FREE DOWNLOAD CODES BELOW: “Dead Beckoning” Galaxii Series: Book 3 For nearly a century, the fearsome Corsairs had waged a campaign of terror against the Human colonies, plundering and making travel along the space lanes that were the lifelines of the Terran Empire a risky business. The fact that while they had done so, they’d…
Free Audiobook: A Way Of Life by Theo Engela
FREE DOWNLOAD CODES BELOW: “A Way Of Life” by Theo Engela Not until he had almost finished the piece did it suddenly strike Louis that Beethoven could not have written Liszt’s Second Hungarian Rhapsody! What the hell was happening to him? Was he losing his mind? Damn Liszt, damn Beethoven… Damn everybody! He broke off…