The answer to this question is that, back in late February and due to no fault of my own, Amazon terminated my author account (KDP, Audible, and Goodreads) and wouldn't tell me any specific reason other than that I "manipulated their service." Months later, after many appeals, sending them letters from an attorney, and having an author association try to go to bat for me, I am still blocked and still have no idea why. It has been a devastating blow to my fledgling author care

AI i There are so many different opinions and questions flying around about Artificial Intelligence, especially when it comes to writing books. Did the author use AI? Is any use of AI acceptable? Is it cheating? Is it stealing? And on and on. (Why do I feel like I'm about to poke a wasps' nest?) There have been a lot of discussions lately in author and reader social media groups I follow which I find both irritating and fascinating, but one thing I have come to the conclusi

Ironically, I used AI to create this blog post! I hope you enjoy it. J.M.W. Turner, Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway (1844). Oil on canvas, National Gallery, London, Public domain. In 1846, a seventy-two-mile railway line punched through the fells of northern England, connecting Lancaster to Carlisle and transforming sleepy market towns like Penrith almost overnight. Capital flooded in. Fortunes were promised. Speculators who had never set foot in Cumberland

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Join me on a trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to discover the watercolor silk designs of 18th century silk designer, Anna...