Tag Archives: author Neil Mach

What do creative writers do? Why are major AI companies trying to exploit their creative resources?

Creative people engage all their senses — listening to music, viewing art, feeling the sun, tasting coffee, and smelling freshly cut grass. Humans uniquely perceive and interact with the world (through art) in ways that are impossible for machines. Is that why major AI companies are trying to exploit their creative resources?

How to get a book started — How to Write Your First Book

Are you thinking about writing a book in 2025? English author Neil Mach explains how to get a book started in his 2025 illustrated talk, titled: How to Write Your First Book >>>

The Bedevilment of Bertie Lunn

Alberta, the crime scene cleaner, gathers intimate samples from the men she brings to the heel. During her work, she collects evidence of a dangerous serial killer and her only hope is to recruit a previous conquest, a State Detective, to help her capture the murderer.

The Last Music Bearer

If the authorities banned music, what kind of world would we live in? Delving into medieval Europe, rock journalist Neil Mach skilfully depicts the torment & sorrow that results from censorship & exile in this ingenious story…

Does your mind get lazy?

Like everyone, creatives have a natural desire for connection and belonging, and so ‘reaching out’ behaviour can lead to procrastination, seeking shortcuts, copying others, and getting distracted from creative tasks at hand… Here’s how to avoid creative slapdashness…

The Qualities of a True Writer

Creative imagination involves generating unique mental images, concepts, and ideas. To be an effective writer, your ideas must be original. The ideas and recommendations generated by a device are never original. A.I. generates trite, identical outcomes based on the re-processed thoughts & notions of other writers and thinkers. So, using A.I. is a copy-cat cookie-cut production method: nothing more!

Why write a novel?

Writing a novel is an endeavour that aims to translate a sincere reaction to the human situation into language that will both amuse & educate readers. Since it derives from the Italian word novella, the heartfelt response must be new or at least presented in a creatively original way. By writing a novel, a writerContinue reading “Why write a novel?”

Norwegian dramatist JON FOSSE wins Nobel Prize in Literature

JON FOSSE a Norwegian playwright, author, and poet, has received the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature during a ceremony held in Stockholm. Since releasing his first fiction work, Raudt, Svart [Red, Black], in 1983, Fosse has authored more than forty theatre plays that have been translated into more than fifty languages, as well as prose,Continue reading “Norwegian dramatist JON FOSSE wins Nobel Prize in Literature”

Book Digitisation Boosts Sales

Cornell showed that digitalization can increase demand through online discovery, leading to an 8% increase in physical book sales…