Tag: Writing
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What I Don’t Do
Many professional authors will tell you what they do. This isn’t my default. Via Negativa shaped my way of life more deeply than Via Positiva. Instead, I’m going to talk about what I don’t do. I don’t do genre conventions. The book market has its genres, and every genre has its tropes. Readers and writers…
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NO GODS, ONLY DAIMONS Returns!
Nine years ago, NO GODS, ONLY DAIMONS was published. It would go on to be nominated for the 2017 Dragon Awards. Some time later, it was taken off the market, and the rights reverted to me. After a long hiatus, NO GODS, ONLY DAIMONS is back, leaner and meaner than before! Here’s the blurb: In…
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Where Babylon Began
7 years. It’s been 7 years since I started work on Babylon. Now that the Kickstarter for the final volume is here—and just $31 away from completion!—let’s return to the beginning. Let’s return to where Babylon began. The genesis of Babylon, like most of my stories, lay in an image seared fever-bright into my mind.…
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Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same
Change is the only constant. The only question is the degree of change. And I suspect 2025 will be a year of great changes indeed. Regular readers might have noticed a distinct lack of content in December. The traditional reflection post is missing, and so is the early January post. In late November, I identified…
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Cheah vs ChatGPT
I’ve always been a skeptic of the use of artificial intelligence in creative work, especially Large Language Models and art generators. An AI analyzes a prompt, gathers input, optimises data, and generates an output that attempts to satisfy the prompt. An AI does not create. An AI does not think. An AI does not know.…
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Are Singaporeans Creative? Yes, No, It’s Complicated.
Singaporean students are the most creative students in the world. Singapore is also one of the least creative First World societies. Both of these statements are simultaneously true. I am one of Singapore’s most prolific and versatile writers. I have published 17 novels, 24 short stories and 2 non-fiction works. I also have 12 more…