• On Proofing (And Not Over-Proofing)

    By Cindy Sams Not way back — simply final month, in actual fact — I despatched a bit to a well-respected Southern lit magazine with the road “drunk as fiddler’s bitches” within the story. After acceptance, the editor marked it, questioning if I meant “britches.” Mortified, I panicked. How had I missed one thing so…

  • Taming Chaos with Antifragile GenAI Structure – O’Reilly

    What if uncertainty wasn’t one thing to easily endure however one thing to actively exploit? The convergence of Nassim Taleb’s antifragility rules with generative AI capabilities is creating a brand new paradigm for organizational design powered by generative AI—one the place volatility turns into gasoline for aggressive benefit somewhat than a menace to be managed.…

  • Afghani by Brendon Patrick | Self-Publishing Evaluate

    Delicately exploring the darkish legacies of struggle within the Center East, Australia, and past, Afghani by Brendon Patrick is a relentless historic novel following two warriors on parallel journeys. Missing a transparent path in life, Patterson reluctantly joins the Australian Military, however is quickly shipped off to Afghanistan in help of America’s post-9/11 retribution, going…

  • 3 Publicity Errors Debut Authors Make (and Learn how to Keep away from Them)

    Photograph by RDNE Inventory venture At the moment’s put up is by Shanetta McDonald, founding father of The Giselle Company. “After this press occasion, I’m just about accomplished.” The phrases reverberated all through my physique, inflicting my eyes to bulge and my breath to sluggish. Why? As a result of the assertion got here from…

  • Peacemaker Fees By a Setup Episode in “Want I Say Door”

    We begin with a heartbreaking flashback… Recap Picture: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max In a flashback from 35 years in the past, we see Chris (Myles Benson) and Keith (Bryson Haney) with their dad within the woods. Auggie shoots a small creature that doesn’t look like from Earth, and it screams. As he goals to kill it,…

  • NiSi ATHENA Tuned Glow Lenses Launched – Hotter Flares, Identical Clear Look

    At IBC 2025, Johnnie met with Steve Johnson from NiSi to speak concerning the latest addition to the ATHENA lineup, the ATHENA Tuned Glow lenses. They hold the sharpness, clean bokeh, and minimal focus respiration of the originals, however introduce a hotter golden flare. This replace responds to filmmakers who felt the earlier version leaned…

  • Simplicity in Net Design? It’s All Smoke and Mirrors

    Let’s get one factor straight: Simplicity in internet design? It’s a lie. We’ve all been informed that making issues easy is the holy grail of design. However right here’s the reality that no person talks about: simplicity doesn’t simply occur. It’s engineered — typically by way of chaos, complexity, and extra hours of labor than…

  • REVIEW: Uncorked: A Memoir of Letting Go and Beginning Over by Mary Alice Stephens

    Reviewed by Angela L. Eckhart What was imagined to be a traditional enjoyable summer season Sunday afternoon at a buddies’ pool turned out to turn into a significant defining second for Mary Alice Stephens. After a number of glasses of wine poolside, Stephens noticed her toddler within the pool hugging a floating noodle and “motoring…

  • Learn how to Run Advertisements for Books: Increase Visibility, Gross sales, and Success

    I’ve to be trustworthy. After I obtained into self-publishing, I used to be just a little disenchanted that I might need to spend cash on advertisements to promote books. The explanation I selected self-publishing was to publish on my phrases. In my thoughts, the return on funding for advertisements was not definitely worth the $$$,…