I used to publish a literary magazine for 22 years. If you aspire to become a publisher, my advice is simple. Don’t.

The interview about my YA fantasy book My Friend is An Earthling. Thank you for reading it. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/04/q-wi...

What do you think about this full cover? The book was published in 2008, but I'm refreshing the cover for the new edition. Thank you. www.amazon.com/My-Life-Firs...

Does anyone else find "The Knight of the Seven Kingdoms" weird? Since when does the pooping and pissing in public pass for humor? And Ser Duncan acts like Dumb and Dumber. And why is Egg's head shaven? Is he sick?

Mark your calendars. February 26. The day of Famy (as the opposite of the Day of Infamy).

I will start: Hamlit.

Fun fact: Sloths defecate once a week. They go down from the tree for that so no one can say, a sloth pooped on my hat.

My book is featured on Book Sirens. booksirens.com/bundle/paran...

Death Don’t Do Us Part 365tomorrows.com/2025/12/14/d...

My newest book is available for pre-order. www.amazon.com/dp/B0GC9GFPNT

My children's book, "Our Grandfather Clock," is featured on Bargain Booksie. Hint: it's heavily discounted. Today only (a line I stole from a marketing manual). www.bargainbooksy.com/read/genre/c...

The results of the poll "Human vs. AI writer" are in. Did you guess correctly? markbudman.com/human-vs-ai-...

The Kindle children's book The Book of All Answers is free today. All you need is a question and a childlike imagination. Thank you. a.co/d/17pVhUJ

Describe your book beginning with "It was a dark and stormy night" and continue in this style. Mine is posted below.

Are your kids ready for Alex, wizard rat Ratilda, the witch Evilette, and her vicious cat Basilio? www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLJ99213

If the first draft is meant to be fun, the second should double the fun. --Homer, translated from ancient Greek by Mark Budman

Blue sky vs other social media. BS.

You have probably seen “human vs. AI” recognition tests. The question: can a human reader tell a story written by a fellow human writer from a story written by AI? Please make a selection in the poll below and comment as well. And make history. markbudman.com/human-vs-ai-...

Be honest. Do you cut on m-dashes lest be accused of using AI?

What is going on here? Wrong answers only.

Honestly, do you know this? An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" is a short story by Ambrose Bierce. My story, which is a tribute to this, keeps garnering rejections. I began to suspect magazines first readers don't know it, and are scared by the unconventional structure.

This stunning YA book cover image was made by Grok today. It's a 14-year-old boy wizard and a 14-year-old girl psychic. There is an evil soldier in the background. I'm not making it up. AI is our future.

Why would the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna be a two-story building? Wrong answers only.

What is your gut feeling, does the number of people who try to prey on writers on social media exceed the number of writers, or is it the other way around?

Black cat or tabby cat?

After sulking for a hundred years inside a glass coffin in his Red Square Mausoleum, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to the US, and runs for POTUS, the Constitution notwithstanding.

My newest book.

In this dark comedy, Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is resurrected in modern Russia, gets upset with Putin, immigrates to America, bypasses the "natural born Citizen" Constitutional clause with help from a billionaire, and runs a big, beautiful campaign for President. www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS

Some languages have accusative cases. The AI luddites try to drag them into English. This is AI! If you used an AI image for your cover, that must mean you used generative AI for your writing, too.

I have 6,600 followers on Facebook and 7,500 followers on X. It does almost nothing for me for writing acceptance or sales. When I sold my first book to Counterpoint, there was almost no social media. Go figure.

Will you date a woman like that every day (if you are into women) or only on Día de los Muertos?

An interview with yours truly about Vladimir Lenin. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/q-wi...

A big, beautiful gift for July 4th. Vladimir Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to America and runs for POTUS. Released today. nat1publishing.com/books/lenin/...

Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin is nearing publication. After sulking for 100 years inside his Mausoleum, Vladimir Lenin comes back to life, immigrates to the US, and runs for POTUS, the Constitution notwithstanding. Download your ARC copies here: booksirens.com/book/FXRXZIY...

Good news. My books are probably to be translated into Farsi in Iran.

Finish the sentence: I sit on a bench by Charles River, between a discarded condom (not mine) and two duck shit pellets smelling of oolong tea.

I try to ignore Butlerian jihad fatwas against the “you know what” image generation, but I can’t hold myself when I see posts like this: “It tells me the author has and will take shortcuts—possibly with the writing as well.” The official name of this fallacy is “affirming the consequent."

Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS. LIVES AND DEATHS OF VLADIMIR LENIN, coming out of Nat 1 Publishing, revives Lenin in a modern world, blending humor and political jabs.   www.amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS

What do you think about the promotional poster for my novel "Lives and Deaths of Vladimir Lenin?"? Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS.

Tremendous news like never before. Lenin is alive and running for POTUS. #LeninforPotus amazon.com/dp/B0F2GM99MS

My daughter gave me a book about positivity on Father's Day. When I finish reading it, she will run a positivity test, and she hopes I will test positive.

A reply to my query requesting the full manuscript from a publisher. No, I don't have to pay anything.

Hi. That was the extent of my creative writing today. How about you!

When someone accuses you of a double entendre, do you double down or say that your French is rusty and you thought that "entendre" means "penetration?"

AI is here to stay unless a version of the Butlerian jihad is coming. BTW, I hate generative AI. I call it degenerative. One day it will be good, though. How in the world will we humans be able to compete?

A riddle. Samantha is driving, and Madison is unbuckled to apply makeup. A cop stopped them. What would the cop say? 1. Do you know how fast you are driving? 2. Seat belts save lives. 3. Which of Mark Budman's books will you buy today?

"I" am a "human" "author" and "not" a bot. Who or what are you?

Do you think that the AI will eventually: 1. Supplement us, writers, and we have to stop it before too late by all means necessary, including blocking people who claim answer 2 below? 2. Make our works better? 3. The AI in arts is just a fad and it will go way?

Pretty please with a cherry on top. My children's book is free for the next couple of days. Do me (and your kids) a favor and "buy" it. Thank you, Mark amazon.com/dp/B0DLJ99213

My children's book is free for the next couple of days. Do me (and your kids) a favor and "buy" it. Thank you, Mark amazon.com/dp/B0DLJ99213