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List updated 16 Sep 2026, 12:42 pm
Fidelity Friday
When fiction owes something to history
Fusion Friday
How ideas become inspiration
Foresight Friday
Can you predict what readers will want next?
Freewheeling Friday
Changing lanes between writing, editing, plotting and publishing.
Forensic Friday
Proofreading, AI purity tests, and the stories coming next
Fracture Friday
Making stuff up, and the truthful bones that keep the story standing
Framing Friday
Why the tropes you choose set the rules of the story.
Formula Friday
Stories as recipes, tropes as ingredients
Fiddling Friday
When to stop?
Frillies Friday
Or, Flying by the Seat of my Pants
Flux Friday
Turning and Facing the Newsletter
Fieldwork Friday
Reading, writing and arithmetic
Furnace Friday
Burning through the vanities to leave a seamless narrative.
Fresh-Eyed Friday
Print, Process, and the Paranormal: Looking Behind the Stories
Friction Friday
Print problems, fresh fiction, and the 80/20 rule
Fine-Tooth Friday
Where the machine finds the slips, and the writer guards the soul
Fictional Friday
Imagined emotions, muddy drafts, plot holes, and the long ride home
Filtering Friday
The difference between assistance and authorship
Figmental Friday
Tropes, Brain Fluid & Love That Defies Death
Fanfare Friday
Well, without further ado, let me announce that King in the Dark: Part 2 — Swan’s Song is available to buy on Amazon!