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How The Novel Matrix Helped Me Write a #1 New Release
This is a guest article from Alli Prince. Connect with Alli at AlliPrince.com. I love The Novel Matrix. Now, before you’re sent into an uproar and are all like, “Alli, you have to say that, you’re a graduate of The Company”. I most certainly do not have to say that. I...
Degenerate List (and Friends) – Three 2025 Short Stories
With other projects demanding my attention, I've had a bit of a dry spell with short stories. That changed in 2025, with three new short stories finding their way into print! In recent years, developing and launching The Company, and then launching The Novel Matrix,...
Set goals like Theo (don’t)
My 16-year-old son has a YouTube channel. He does sciency-engineering-stuff. He began the year with a couple hundred subscribers, and he wanted to reach 1,000 subscribers by the end of the year. Reaching 1,000 subscribers is a terrible goal. Fact: he could produce 100...
How do I start writing a Creative Nonfiction story? (Three Methods to Jumpstart Your CNF and Write True Stuff like a Pro)
You have something true to share: an opinion, a story, a lesson. How do you actually make it interesting? How do you grab somebody's attention, not let go, and kick them in the teeth? (too violent?) This is the essence of Creative Nonfiction. Writing a great piece...
What is Creative Nonfiction?
Over at The Pearl, my apprentice Lucy Grecu is launching a print magazine called The Abalone. For the first issue, we’re looking for Creative Nonfiction. That prompts the question, “What the heck is Creative Nonfiction”? Creative nonfiction, or CNF, is true things...
Gen Z and Gen Alpha: You deserve a name
Z and Alpha: demand a better generation name. We don’t actually name generations alphabetically like they’re hurricanes. That’s never been a thing before. Generation X was called that because X is a variable. Generation X (1965-1980) inherited a world of drugs, rock...