Stephen's Soliloquies (An Author's Blog)

Are You Consuming Content or Art?

Are You Consuming Content or Art?

There's more material to consume than ever before. Short-form, long-form, video, text, image, audio... but how much of it is art? How much of it are you consuming?

Are You Consuming Content or Art?

There's more material to consume than ever before. Short-form, long-form, video, text, image, audio... but how much of it is art? How much of it are you consuming?

To Create is to Live

To Create is to Live

The more I think about how AI might impact sales and my mental state of mind, the more I think writing goes beyond questions of revenue and time management. I...

To Create is to Live

The more I think about how AI might impact sales and my mental state of mind, the more I think writing goes beyond questions of revenue and time management. I...

AI as Author: Dystopian, Inevitable, Both, or Something Else?

AI as Author: Dystopian, Inevitable, Both, or S...

I have been heartened in recent weeks to see what seems to be a growing disdain for generative AI, as for the longest time, I quite frankly was reasonably certain...

AI as Author: Dystopian, Inevitable, Both, or S...

I have been heartened in recent weeks to see what seems to be a growing disdain for generative AI, as for the longest time, I quite frankly was reasonably certain...

I Wrote a Book About Depression and OCD

I Wrote a Book About Depression and OCD

The most common voice I hear people confess to hearing inside their head is "I'm not good enough." What happens when you must be good enough to save humanity? In...

I Wrote a Book About Depression and OCD

The most common voice I hear people confess to hearing inside their head is "I'm not good enough." What happens when you must be good enough to save humanity? In...

To My Worst Enemy (and Greatest Ally)

I've written a lot about heroes, villains, and those who fall in between. In my last blog post, I wrote about the greatest enemy and the greatest hero of my...

To My Worst Enemy (and Greatest Ally)

I've written a lot about heroes, villains, and those who fall in between. In my last blog post, I wrote about the greatest enemy and the greatest hero of my...

My Greatest Enemy is from Middle School

We love fantasy for memorable villains, courageous heroes, and ambiguous, morally gray characters. But what do those people look like in real life? I will never forget in middle school,...

My Greatest Enemy is from Middle School

We love fantasy for memorable villains, courageous heroes, and ambiguous, morally gray characters. But what do those people look like in real life? I will never forget in middle school,...