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Where is My Rockyverse?
In its first season, Cobra Kai did a great job of expanding The Karate Kid universe into a TV series. My only real problem is that at the end of The Karate Kid, Johnny Lawrence seizes the trophy, and gives it to Danny, telling him, “You’re all right, LaRusso.” That implies Johnny’s swallowed his pride, anger, and vengeance, and now begrudgingly respects Danny. The series bypasses this moment to maintain open grievances, and doesn’t offer a callback until its sixth and final season. Otherwise, Cobra Kai’s brilliant in imagining where these characters’ lives went. So open when properties revisit characters, they vandalize both the character and – worse – their…
Getting in front of the AI Boom in Publishing
Years and years ago, I learned how to make ebooks. Ebooks function like websites, comprising of code. I had enough HTML knowledge to understand most stuff, and take a guess at what the rest was doing (albeit without sometimes really…
The Writing Vulnerability
You know what a natural habitat for predators is? The indie publishing landscape. Yep. They’re after YOU. The predators will prey on your inexperience, exploit your naivety, and profit from your dreams. But you wouldn’t know any better, because predators…