On September 27, 2025, I attended the Tor Talks: A Sci-Fi/Fantasy Sampler panel at the Bookmarks Festival of Books and Authors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The panel was moderated by Bookmarks Board Member Jamie Wallis, and it featured authors Maddie Martinez,...
A book proposal is a document that comprehensively lays out a book idea for prospective publishers, thus acting as a business plan for the pitched book. Many non-fiction authors believe the myth that their book proposal must be perfect in order for their manuscript to...
Artificial Intelligence represents computational systems’ capability to execute tasks usually associated with human intelligence. Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) is a form of artificial intelligence that learns from existing data to generate new,...
The use of AI in scholarly publishing has come a long way from spellcheckers or plagiarism detectors. AI is now helping editors find reviewers, summarizing submissions, and even drafting review comments. In some conferences and journals, AI-generated feedback is...
The reality of media content getting shorter is not new to anyone paying attention to today’s entertainment. TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts are all forms of social media that are dominating the entertainment industry—especially with younger audiences...
