I’m annoyed that every novel I’ve sat down to write since that grim launch in November 2022 has been infected by the scourge of techies who have nothing better to do other than invent theft machines that take people’s jobs away. The bubble can’t burst soon enough, but until it does, and most likely even after it does, I have to face a future in which my line of work (copywriting) is dead as a means of making a living, and my side hustle (writing books) tainted by no-talents w

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.” I’ve seen this quote, delivered by the bloody brilliant Jeff Goldblum playing Dr Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park, quite a lot recently. Mainly by people struggling, like I am, in similar battery powered jeeps that are breaking down right outside the velociraptor enclosure of life. You see, I once earned a living as a copywriter. Rephrase that. I’m still scraping a