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What do creative writers do? Why are major AI companies trying to exploit their creative resources?
Several American authors are suing Meta for copyright infringement, alleging that Meta used pirated books (found on LibGen) to create its...
Neil Mach
Mar 313 min read
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Should a classic story ever be rewritten?
Concerns have been raised by some regarding Disney’s new live-action “Snow White” film (directed by Marc Webb and written by Erin...
Neil Mach
Mar 173 min read
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Are you an indie author looking for a way to promote your book? Come do an interview with me!
Are you an indie author looking for a way to promote your book? Why not do an interview with me? I am a seasoned podcaster with over...
Neil Mach
Mar 73 min read
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Who is the Queen of Cùl Lodain?
From the Scottish Gaelic, “ Cùl Lodain ” translates to “back of the small pond” — but who is the Queen Cùl Lodain? Who is the Queen of...
Neil Mach
Feb 142 min read
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What is a freeform multivalent polyscopic entity?
A freeform multivalent polyscopic entity is an 'unseeable' consciousness. In Neil Mach's clean urban fantasy thriller, Moondog and the...
Neil Mach
Feb 132 min read
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What is a crossover point?
What is a crossover point in fantasy fiction? What constitutes a crossover ? What is a crossover point in fantasy fiction? photo credit:...
Neil Mach
Feb 42 min read
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What is fantasy?
What is Fantasy? Put simply, fantasy is exploring or discovering our shared liminality. What is fantasy? A Bulgarian-French historian...
Neil Mach
Feb 32 min read
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What is an ADEP rifle?
What is an A.D.E.P. rifle? An A.D.E.P. rifle is an active denial electroshock plasma device. The weapon is fired by a police officer in...
Neil Mach
Jan 221 min read
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Moondog series of clean urban fantasy thrillers
In Neil Mach’s Moondog series of clean urban fantasy thrillers, young readers are introduced to a Romani detective named Moondog, who...
Neil Mach
Jan 221 min read
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How Mickey Clarke from Staines challenged the F.A.
In the late 1980s, Mickey Clarke from Staines challenged the F.A. In 1962, a brutal, coach-sanctioned tackle ended the career of Mickey...
Neil Mach
Jan 222 min read
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What is rogue rewilding?
January 2025 brought British media coverage of fears over unrestrained ‘ rogue rewilding ’, sparked by the sighting (and subsequent...
Neil Mach
Jan 152 min read
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Could you write a comic novel?
Last week, we learned the sad news that David Lodge, the English author known for his Campus Trilogy , died at age 89. His comic novels...
Neil Mach
Jan 82 min read
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How to get a book started
Have you ever contemplated writing a book? Which comes first? The core idea? Or the storyline? Or the characters, perhaps? How do you...
Neil Mach
Jan 53 min read
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Some followers don’t like or comment on my posts
It hurts when people don’t engage back on social media. Why don’t they? Some followers don't like or comment on my posts. Social media is...
Neil Mach
Dec 13, 20243 min read
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Does our love for the past endanger creative art?
Is innovative art at risk because of our preoccupation with nostalgia? Does our love for past things endanger new creative endeavour?...
Neil Mach
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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What is literary fiction?
Literary fiction is creative storytelling that transcends typical genres and labels. But what is literary fiction, exactly? Literary...
Neil Mach
Dec 7, 20241 min read
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What is Espro Projection?
In Neil Mach's novel Moondog and the Scarce Vapour , the third book in the Moondog urban fantasy series, the Romani-born praeternatural...
Neil Mach
Nov 15, 20242 min read
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What is exulansis?
Have you ever found it difficult to share an experience that truly happened to you with someone you know, because they won't or don't...
Neil Mach
Nov 14, 20242 min read
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What is enouement?
English author Neil Mach explores feelings of énouement in his fifth book in the Moondog urban fantasy series, Moondog and the Tercet...
Neil Mach
Nov 14, 20241 min read
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Sub-text in Moondog Urban Fantasy Series
Moondog and the Tercet Plume , the upcoming fifth book in the Moondog urban fantasy series, delves into the sub-textual theme of power...
Neil Mach
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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