There’s something increasingly troubling happening in the creative space when it comes to AI. I’m not the first person to point it out, and I won’t be the last. I worry that perhaps not many people will care as AI continues to integrate itself into the fabric of society. I read my share of discourse on AI from time to time, but a recent article  in the New York Times triggered a slew of emotions in me and many of my fellow Rowan Prose authors. The article details the schemes of “authors”...

Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Getting a book published is hard. Like really, really hard. I could just say difficult, but really, really hard creates better emphasis. I used to think all you needed was raw writing talent. While helpful, there are so many variables that go into it. Timing. Agent/Publisher preferences. The marketplace. How you present your work. And, of course, luck. When I was querying (the term for shopping your book around) Legend Has It, I dealt with several...

You can’t talk about the Rainbow Springs site in Mukwonago without including golf in the same breath. Stretching roughly 950 acres west of the Wisconsin village, the property once hosted two 18-hole golf courses, known for their beauty, as well as their propensity to steal golf balls. The courses didn’t have sand traps but rather several bodies of water. Golf became the lure that drove Mukwonago developer, Francis Schroedel, to construct what would have been a world-renowned golf resort and...