Subtitle: Fear of Finalizing, Led't's see if I can get through this post cleanly. Newbies as we are, I'm sure we're all conversant with...

Since my third novel, Saving Julian, was published in early 2024, AI has learned a lot. For example, on Aug 8, 2024 Curtis Sittenfeld wrote an article in the NY Times.entitled, An Experiment in Lust, Regret, and Kissing (favorite subjects of hers as well as her readers) https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/opinion/beach-read-ai.html    She wrote a 1000 word short story based on the prompts her readers had supplied while her editor told ChatGPT to use the same prompts to write a

A Glimpse into the NICU Series As some of you devoted readers know, Baby Doe is the first novel in the NICU series about my doppelganger, the feckless Eli Kurz MD. In Baby Doe , Eli has a cameo role as the smart but overbearing and career-focused senior resident presiding over a NICU housing a newborn who creates an impossible set of life-or-death problems. In the second book, DiBene's Offer , set in the 1990s, Eli tries to reboot his faltering career at Harvard after neglec

Meaning of title? We'll get to that. Baby Doe, the first novel I've written, was published five years ago. Since then two more novels in...

Back in August I posted ab0ut a bad review on Amazon for my latest novel in the NICU series, Saving Julian . The review written by a NICU...

A wowser of a recent book I've read is Tomorrow Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. The book is both brilliant and compelling. When I rhapsodize thusly with friends, some ask why. Many reasons--fascinating characters, gaming as a metaphor for work and yes life, family, choices, physical disability, creativity, S &M,  collaboration, success, caring, ambition, maturity and lack thereof, and of course it's a multifaceted love story. But that's not the point. The author's b

I'd heard somewhere that someone had the idea that art's purpose is to evoke strong feelings, so I asked ChatGPT about it. Yes, they/it...

Will be published in next month or so. Above is the front cover, and here's a draft of back cover verbiage: A troubled doctor, an...

I'm in a phase where I'm reminded of how much fun writing can be. That implies writing has its share of drudgery. To wit, Saving Julian,...

Why hasn't a blog appeared on this website appeared in a while? Writers' note. From Merriam Webster: Most grammarians feel...

So many ways to make a novel, but the basic tools and building materials, except as used by those more experienced than us, should be...

For those of you who've landed here thinking I finished my second novel using AI--wrong. Sorry. Maybe next time. And "finish" is not the...

Four months since last blog post? Shameless! Why the hiatus? Two things. Learning advertising for first novel with some success. Sales...

Folks, I've got to tell you I've been busted for the crime of the century. Plagiarism?--nope. Procrastination?--not busted yet on this...

Still contending with Covid that takes the world back all the way to flu epidemic in the early 1900's, and a psychotic attack on Ukraine...

In this now almost two year old series of posts on the craft, feelings, costs, benefits, advice, etc involved with writing a new novel,...

A few years ago, a novel I wrote found an agent. I know. A miracle. But that's only the start of this story. The agent worked with me for...

For New Readers: This website, newnovelstory.com, has been up and running (meandering?) for about two years now, sadly coexisting with...

Enough with ads! Editing! Money! Writers write, and while I should be working on the next novel, I thought I'd share a fun bagatelle....

Just a review, mainly for me. What I see is a lot of stuff about the business of writing this summer and less about actual writing. So...