Writer’s Block D. S. G. Burke 10/22/24 Writer’s Block D. S. G. Burke 10/22/24

Death Valley

No matter how messy, no matter how riddled with plot holes, you have to finish it.

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Art & Craft, Cli-Fi Novel D. S. G. Burke 6/9/24 Art & Craft, Cli-Fi Novel D. S. G. Burke 6/9/24

Mean Higher High Water

Coming 2026! “Mean Higher High Water”

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D. S. G. Burke 10/31/23 D. S. G. Burke 10/31/23

Generic November Writing Project

Let’s write 500 words a day this month!

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The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/7/23 The Grind D. S. G. Burke 1/7/23

Don’t Judge a Book by its Back Cover

As an experiment, I asked ChatGPT to write some back cover copy to see how they’d fare.

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Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 11/15/22 Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 11/15/22

What is Solarpunk?

Characters will still get murdered. The exciting question now is why?

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Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 9/25/22 Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 9/25/22

How to (Really) Finish a Story

For lack of a better name, I call it Story Paragraphing

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Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 8/30/22 Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 8/30/22

How to Practice Sondering

Sondering in the middle of Times Square would be disorienting and counter-productive

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Books & Cats D. S. G. Burke 8/18/22 Books & Cats D. S. G. Burke 8/18/22

Books on my Cat, part 2

What if…

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Writer’s Block D. S. G. Burke 6/24/22 Writer’s Block D. S. G. Burke 6/24/22

Musing on Fallowness

Wait it out

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Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 5/3/22 Art & Craft D. S. G. Burke 5/3/22

10 Great Places to Write in NYC*

*Actually, just Manhattan. It’s hard enough to leave my apartment most days, much less my borough.

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