What self-publishing taught me about discovery, authorship, and using AI without handing over the wheel I thought finishing the manuscript would be the hard part. That is the romantic version of publishing, isn’t it? You wrestle an idea into language, survive the doubt, type the final sentence, and emerge holding a book. Maybe there is coffee. Possibly rain against a window. The mythology is strong. What I actually had was a manuscript. Publishing Don’t Think Straight taught

Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about a simple question: What happens to originality when the world becomes increasingly automated? Algorithms recommend what we should watch, AI helps us write and design, and social media quietly nudges us toward whatever is already popular. None of these tools are inherently bad, but they do create an interesting tension. The easier it becomes to generate ideas, the harder it may become to trust our own. It is so easy to take out

As a professional actor, writer, director, producer and creator I have had the privilege of delving into numerous narratives, each with...