Tag: writing process

  • On Working LESS With AI and Why That Was Always The Plan.

    On Working LESS With AI and Why That Was Always The Plan.

    Recently, I outlined more than 80 potential articles and story ideas for the Seen / Unseen Greenville project I’ve been working on. You may have noticed that I haven’t posted much over the last few weeks. You may not have noticed at all. Either way, it’s been intentional. Part of it is that I needed…

  • A Note on Pricing

    A Note on Pricing

    I’m thinking about releasing the ebook edition of The Recursive Man at $2.99 to start. Right now, it’s set to $4.99. Not because I believe the work is worth less—but because this book emerged through an unusual creative process, and I understand that process may raise questions for some readers. What began as an experiment…

  • FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)

    FROM THE ARCHIVE #1 — The Lonely White Walker (2012)

    Going through old folders tonight, I found The Lonely White Walker—a Walking Dead fanfic I wrote back in 2012—and I was honestly stunned to realize people had reviewed it. Not just clicked on it… actually read it, followed it chapter to chapter, left thoughtful comments, waited for updates. I had forgotten that entirely. And honestly,…

  • Why I’m Releasing My Novel When It’s “Not Ready”

    Why I’m Releasing My Novel When It’s “Not Ready”

    For the last few months, I’ve gone back and forth on whether I should release my upcoming novel, The Recursive Man, in its current form. Not because I don’t believe in the book. I do. Actually, I think it may be one of the most honest things I’ve ever made. But because I know people…

  • The Recursive Man, AI, and the Fear of Mirrors

    The Recursive Man, AI, and the Fear of Mirrors

    Over the last few months, I’ve watched the internet turn the AI conversation into a war between extremes. Either: Either: Most of the conversation skips over the messy middle where real artists and real people actually live. As someone actively writing a novel while openly using AI in the process, I’ve found myself in a…

  • The Fulcrum and Axis: The Seen and Unseen- A Diatribe on Trying to Figure Out Life, the Universe, and Everything

    The Fulcrum and Axis: The Seen and Unseen- A Diatribe on Trying to Figure Out Life, the Universe, and Everything

    Today we are going way up our own butts. I just want to establish that immediately so nobody thinks this is about to become a grounded and practical discussion about taxes or lawn care or whatever emotionally healthy people spend their Sundays doing. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about threshold moments in stories. Those…

  • Seen / Unseen Greenville: How Fiction Influenced My Reality

    Seen / Unseen Greenville: How Fiction Influenced My Reality

    I’ve talked a lot recently about Greenville, development, local history, gentrification, empty spaces, civic vision, and the strange contradictions that seem to sit underneath this city I love. Some people have probably wondered where all this came from. A year ago, I wasn’t writing essays about urban planning, Cherokee history, or why certain projects get…

  • Where I Am Now

    Lately, I’ve been combing through my old lyrics while updating my Music Hub — pulling out lines from the Incarrion era and holding them up against where I am now. What started as a simple archival project quickly turned into something else: a mirror. The more I compared the songs to my current writing, the…