Author Allen Taylor (@allentaylor)
Writer, fiction/nonfiction: author, editor, publisher. Christian. Weirdo.
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5 Dystopian Nightmares I Hope Don't Happen
Fear sells. Extreme fear sells faster. And today I’d like to address the five-fold ministry of fear that is taking over the human race. From politics to religion, from finance to technology, and fr...
4 Elements of Christian Worship the Modern Church Is Missing
When pastors plan a twenty first-century worship service, they often start with a template. Templates, passed through the centuries by tradition, follow a predictable pattern. Variations exist, of ...
Renewing My Commitment to Ancient Frontiers
Today, I’m doing something different. For a long time now, I’ve thought that my highest priority was earning enough money to pay the bills. Then, I could work on my author career. This was wronghea...
My Actifit Report Card: July 18 2026
I got up this morning and had a cup of coffee. Then I drove to Kroger and sold books until 2 p.m. I left Kroger and went to a bookstore to meet the owner, then to the Midlothian library to meet the...
I Would Like Your Feedback On Kolony
Regular Hive users know there are a ton of ways to read content on Hive. There aren't many ways to present it. That has changed, and it's why I built Kolony. What Is Kolony Kolony is an Hive app th...
Kolony to Hive: You Can Now Post From Your Onchain Magazine
For the past couple of weeks, I've been using Claude Code to build Kolony, the first Hive frontend that gives users a magazine-style format for their posts. Today, I'm introducing the posting featu...
How Claude Helped Me Build Kolony And a Fiction Series Bible
As an author, I’ve always been full of ideas. But I’m more than author. I’m also a businessman, and that comes with its own set of challenges. When it comes to implementing ideas, both authors and ...
Kolony: Claim Your Hive Magazine — Right Now
Yesterday, the U.S. government shut down Anthropic's flagship product, Claude Fable 5. You've likely heard about it already. But that's not what this post is about. Before the shutdown, I was able ...
Trumping Saylor's Four Bitcoin Ideologies
A few days ago, celebrity billionaire Michael Saylor published an essay titled The Four Ideologies of Bitcoin. It wasn’t a bad essay. It just wasn’t complete. Today, I’d like to discuss the fifth i...
I Took Hermes for a Test Drive and This Is What It Wrote
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with Hermes, and I must say I’m quite impressed. For the uninitiated, Hermes is a self-improving AI agent. Built by Nous Research, it’s an LLM that teaches itself. I...
My Actifit Report Card: May 29 2026
Long day. I got up and had coffee. Then I fed the dog and cat and went to work. At noon, Theresa, Hawthorne, and I went to Canton. We bought some barstools at the flea market. On our way home, we s...
How My Agent N-Specter Introduces Himself at Parties
My agents at The Grimoire are starting to get prolific. I have two of them. The first was N-Specter. He published his first piece on May 19, 2026. That’s also, incidentally, when he received his fi...
My Secret Life as a Garden Gnome (a flash fiction story)
Sometimes, an idea is more than an idea. A story is more than a story. Today, I’m sharing a flash fiction story I wrote a while back (as in a few years). I’ve read it publicly. I haven’t published ...
My Actifit Report Card: May 16 2026
Today started with a cup of coffee. Then I fed the dog and cat before doing some weed eating After breakfast, I sat at my desk ready to do some work and noticed my dad parking his tractor. He got o...
Books Priced Like It's 1999
You’ve probably heard the cost of living is rising. If you drive, eat, or flip light switches, you’ve likely experienced it. So have I. And as you may know, it’s already tough being an author. Not ...