Writing
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Introducing NEO
Nine years ago, I wrote a blog post about my ideal novel writing tool called NEO. You can read that original post here. The problem I was trying to solve was replicating the clean, crisp workflow I’ve always had in Apple’s Pages, before Apple updated and ruined Pages. Most of my novels have been written… Continue reading
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The End of an Era
We knew this day would come. Some of us have known for decades, have been writing and pontificating about this since Ken Jennings lost at Jeopardy and Kasparov lost at chess. The writing was on the wall, and now the writing is everywhere. Literally. Artificial Intelligence is writing about as well as humans — at… Continue reading
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Silo Season Three
A few months ago, we wrapped on season four of Silo, which will be the last season. Even though most of the work was done filming the show, and season three was ready to air, there’s still a lot of post-production to do on season four. But it felt like the journey was over for… Continue reading
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The Slow Death of the United States
For the first time since 1946, the total debt of the United States ($39.5 trillion) is greater than our GDP ($32-ish trillion). The interest on this debt is currently about $1 trillion per year, which is more than we spend on defense. This level of debt won’t create an explosion, but more of a slow… Continue reading
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Let’s Not Forget
Adapting a novel into film or TV requires a ton of decisions. What parts of the book are most important? How can we reduce the cast size, or the number of locations, or do things practically or with effects to meet a budget. Things have to change for the new medium. But there are a… Continue reading