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I use AI in almost everything I write—but it doesn’t write my novels.
Every sentence in my books is mine.
AI helps with research, organization and challenging my assumptions, but the creative work remains human.
This week, I’m opening up my process:
toddhdow.com/2026/09/13/wher…
I started Curse of Strahd prep thinking I needed to build Barovia.
Turns out the better question is:
Which moments deserve to become physical?
Maps, terrain, minis & Castle Ravenloft:
toddhdow.com/2026/08/22/buil…
#CurseOfStrahd #DnD #Ravenloft #DungeonMaster #TTRPG
How did Christianity get from “turn the other cheek” to holy war?
Constantine. Augustine. Just war. Crusade.
⚔️ When the Cross Took Up the Sword
toddhdow.com/2026/08/15/when…
#HolyWars #ChristianHistory #Crusades #Augustine #Constantine #JustWar #History
⚠️ Skynet Has Arrived.
#Drones. #AI. #SignalsIntelligence. #Surveillance. #ElectronicWarfare. #Encryption.
We haven’t built the Skynet of T2—but we’ve built a surprising number of the pieces.
New Cryptogeddon Briefing: toddhdow.com/2026/08/08/skyn…
🤖 Made with AI
An old family book. A forgotten house. An unmarked grave.
My new series, Book of Dow: The Archive, begins in Newbury in 1639.
📜 Archive No. 001 is now live:
toddhdow.com/2026/08/01/book…
🤖 Made with AI
Great writing isn't just about inspiration.
It's about building a system that gives inspiration somewhere to go.
This week I share the creative ecosystem behind ToddHDow Studios—from Notes and ChatGPT to WordPress, books, newsletters and more.
📖
toddhdow.com/2026/07/25/buil…
🤖 Made with AI
Every D&D session starts the same way:
🎲 Dice
🗺️ Maps
🐉 Minis
💻 Campaign notes
…and a plan that’s about to be destroyed by the players. 😄
This week I’m sharing my complete DM prep workflow, from AI brainstorming to game night.
toddhdow.com/2026/07/18/prep…
Why would a cybersecurity engineer spend 20+ years researching Christian history and the Crusades?
Because it all started with one question:
Why do people believe what they believe?
I finally wrote the story behind Holy Wars:
toddhdow.com/2026/07/11/why-…
My latest article for @Cisco explores why the future of cybersecurity isn't AI or humans—it's AI working alongside human judgment.
Machine speed. Human decisions.
blogs.cisco.com/security/mac…
#AI #CyberSecurity #InfoSec
We spend a lot of time asking what AI might take away.
Maybe we should spend a little more time asking what it might give us.
My newest essay:
The Quiet Miracles of AI
🔗toddhdow.com/2026/07/04/the-…
I've had a few people ask what ToddHDow Studios is all about. This post is my answer: the vision, the four worlds I'm building, and where this journey is headed.
toddhdow.com/2026/06/29/welc…
Did the crowd actually shout "Deus Vult" when Pope Urban II launched the First Crusade?
Historians aren't sure.
No transcript survives.
Yet those two words became the most famous slogan of the Crusades.
New article:
toddhdow.com/2026/06/18/deus…
Marked as to-read: Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan goodreads.com/review/show/56…
4 of 5 stars to A Brief History of Old Newbury by Bethany Groff goodreads.com/review/show/51…
3 of 5 stars to How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism. by Cory Doctorow goodreads.com/review/show?id…
Marked as to-read: How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil goodreads.com/review/show/48…
I love Gruber’s summary at the end of this article - just one word. And it made me LOL:
Daring Fireball: Fools and Their Money daringfireball.net/linked/20…
