Monthly Archives: March 2023

This Just In From the Trenches –

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Gene Stewart
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An Invitation To a Mud Bath

Posted on March 30, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Famous writers aren’t as famous as celebrities from other walks of life, such as actors or rock stars. There are exceptions to the Known By Looks stuff, such as Neil Gaiman doing a rock star image and Donna Tartt’s actor … Continue reading →

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Are You An Imaginary Playmate? A Non-Playable Character? A Monetized Cluster of Pixels?

Posted on March 22, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Distressed because a familiar face from a media feed has gone dark? Y’know, TV personalities, movie stars, online images, all are interchangeable. Having an emotional attachment to an image is self-sabotage, a sucker’s bet, notwithstanding “Pictures of Lilly” by The … Continue reading →

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Let History Stand (So We Can Learn From It)

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Gene Stewart

Regarding censorship and bowdlerizing older books etc. —  Correcting errors is necessary to present a better book and is not censorship or bowdlerizing. Copyediting is entirely ethical, and improves the work. It is not ethical to change published work. If … Continue reading →

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