David R Packer, Author
David R Packer, Author

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Jun
22
AI and the Writer

AI and the Writer

Corporate AI is evil. AI itself is incredible, and potentially the most powerful tool for creatives I've seen
4 min read
Jun
14
Training To Failure

Training To Failure

Training to Fail is more accurate. New torture device arrived a few days ago. Been a minute since I made
3 min read
Jun
11
Anti-Review: Beyond The Ranges

Anti-Review: Beyond The Ranges

John Ringo with James Aidee, published by Baen Books. Buy it here. I mean, I can't say this
3 min read
May
22
Looking Forward

Looking Forward

1 min read
Mar
01
Rewrites

Rewrites

After finishing the System Apocalpyse: Kismet trilogy yesterday, I immediately dove into my passion project: The Salish Rift series. Before
5 min read
Nov
11
Training Again

Training Again

5 min read
Oct
29
Four people sparring on a hardwood floor, blurred in motion

For Authors: How did your characters learn to fight?

Last post, we talked about how a fantasy-hero might go about learning to use a weapon. How long it took,
5 min read
Oct
13
For Authors: How did your characters learn to use weapons?

For Authors: How did your characters learn to use weapons?

Ran across a discussion online between some authors, regarding how long it would take someone to learn how to use
6 min read
Sep
27
Coffee beans side by side, comparing green to freshly roasted

Roasting Coffee

A kilo of Brazilian Andre Lorenzon Pink Bourbon-Natural green beans showed up on my door this morning. This is my
5 min read
Sep
24
Pencil-outline map of fantasy city

Saturday Morning Coffee

1 min read
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