The grand prize for the 2025 Typewriter Chicago Short Story Contest made it in! The Royal Custom III writes like a dream. Lucas Dul does great work. Looking forward to putting some miles on this. Black Lighthouse by the Sea can be read here: typewriterchicago.com/2025
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Published! My story "Black Lighthouse by the Sea" won 1st place in the 2025 Typewriter Chicago Short Story Contest! Massive thanks to owner & organizer Lucas Dul, judges, and partners! Read it here: typewriterchicago.com/2025
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I've finished another SF short story at about 3,200 words. It needs some time away from me before a final pass...or three, but it's shaping up.
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MS Word writing tip:
File>Options>Copilot>Uncheck 'Enable Copilot'
Took me way too long to figure this out.
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Not wanting to admit my antagonist is more interesting than my protagonist...
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Proud father of a high schooler today.
My daughter also reminded me that I was born in the 1900s, use fountain pens, and still use a typewriter.
It's all true.
Now back to perpetual revision...
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Revisiting a manuscript after the cooling-off period:
"Not great—but not bad. I can work with this."
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Just clocked almost twenty-eight hours on a themed short story contest. It's interesting looking back on the evolution from sticky note idea, the typewritten bones of the first draft, and then seeing it come to life after revision. Fingers crossed.
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Generative AI is a problem for writers. 3 of 5 beta readers copied AI output as their own work and expected payment. Their accounts (as betas and editors) had glowing reviews. Vet your readers. Analyze their feedback.
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"Get ready every morning."
Basic, but brilliant writing advice.
Get too comfortable, and nothing gets done.
...and good coffee, can't cut corners there.

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Einstein said the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expecting different results...

Us writers must be profoundly mad.

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