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How I Write by James R. Coggins

Posted on July 16, 2025 by jrcoggins

I have always written by inspiration. I don’t mean that literally, in the biblical sense. But the thing is, unless I am interested in something, unless I think I have something worth saying, I won’t make the effort to write … Continue reading →

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Improve Your Writing with AI (Artificial Intelligence!) By James R. Coggins

Posted on March 12, 2025 by jrcoggins

Every time I start to share one of my blogs on social media, I receive a message such as: • “Start a post, try writing with AI.” That “sentence” contains a grammatical error called a “comma splice,” joining what should … Continue reading →

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The Wonders of Technology by James R. Coggins

Posted on November 27, 2024 by jrcoggins

I am a writer, editor, and book publisher. Increasingly, however, I seem to be spending my time on other things. For instance, I recently accepted an upgrade to my computer’s operating system and then spent an entire afternoon trying to … Continue reading →

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Smarter and More Competent than I am by James R. Coggins

Posted on October 16, 2024 by jrcoggins

Things have changed. We had not bought a car for seventeen years. The problem is that the Japanese know how to build good cars. Our seventeen-year-old Toyota Yaris was still running very well, and our mechanic said it could continue … Continue reading →