Opinion

Opinion pieces by me, sounding off

Money, Skill, Joy.

For all of life’s ‘opportunities,’ think of three words; money, skill, joy. Three guides to help decide what to take […]

As Old Media dies and Influencers take over, are there no “qualified” critics anymore? So asks Dwight Garner of the

Robin Catling / October 30, 2023

A video skimmed by on YouTube the other day; it claimed “everything is ‘content’ now.” Art? No. Movie? No. ‘Content?’

The AI author panic has overtaken writers’ conferences and podcasts since the start of the year. Endless experiments with ChatGPT

Robin Catling / October 31, 2022

Crowd-funding is fine; the trouble with crowd-funding is finding the crowd… Platforms such as Kickstarter and GoFundMe turned crowd-funding into

Just once you’d like an agent to characterise your work as interesting and original.