There has been a massive uptick of interest in my poetry. When I say “massive,” I mean a 600% increase in people visiting the website where I published my absurdist poem from 1997 about systems thinking and the nature of time. The poem is called “Chronosphere.” Of course, that massive increase was starting from a … Continue reading Explaining a book explaining a poem that needs explaining
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Author Fooled by AI-Powered Email Scam
The author in this headline is me. I got scammed. Fortunately, no money changed hands, and the scammer got away with little more than my email address, some information about my future writing plans, and my tattered authorial pride. Here’s what happened. First I received an email, out of the blue, from a major publishing … Continue reading Author Fooled by AI-Powered Email Scam
Somebody somewhere bought my song “Dungeness”. That made me so happy.
I make good, steady money from my music. Good, because I like where it comes from. Steady, because it shows up every month. But it is a very, very small amount of money. Most of it comes from streaming. For example, from April to July of 2026, my dance-pop song about the Sustainable Development Goals, … Continue reading Somebody somewhere bought my song “Dungeness”. That made me so happy.
