David R Packer

David R Packer

Vancouver, BC
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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