I had so much fun with the SOTU speech last night, mainly because I waited for interesting rhetorical and visual moments and made some wonderful memes. Memes are about the most effective persuasion tool out there. Humans by nature are visual creature, so when we see a simple message paired with an image that’s either […]
This Is Just The Beginning Of The New Counter Culture
Yesterday I spent some good time talking to a great professional and industry colleague, Timothy Lim. We’ve of course communicated a bit online over the last several months, but this was the first conversation we had. In the age of digital communication it’s almost easy to forget about voice and other humans who are on […]
Comic Review: Right Ho, Jeeves #1
Today marked the release of Akrhaven Comics’ 2nd outing, the first issue of the adaptation of P.G. Wodehouse’s classic, Right Ho, Jeeves. I’m a reader who’s coming in not having read the book in which it’s been adapted from, so I can’t comment on how faithful it is to the original, and I come at this […]
My 2017 Planetary Awards Nominations
It’s that time of year again. Last year for 2016 I nominated two very cool sci-fi stories, which I wanted to raise awareness for. For something like this, I like to try to put something out there not just that is great, but that other folk might not nominate because it didn’t cross their radars. […]
Evil Girlfriend Media Shutting Its Doors
It saddens me today to receive notice that EGM is shutting its doors and closing down. I wish there had been a little more notice but the kindle version is already gone. Jennifer Brozek, my former editor, was the chief editor there. All of their books will be gone from their stores soon, including, sadly, […]
Friend Friday: RPGs vs. Fiction by Clara Storm
It’s the return of friends Friday, a new feature for 2018 on the blog where the platform here is used to give some other great voices in fiction some attention they deserve. Today, we have Clara Storm, who you can follow on Twitter @TanukiHanabi and she’s also on Steemit here. Clara dives into the differences […]
How Terrible Gossip Destroys Friendships – My Story With Jennifer Brozek
I usually avoid heavy discussions on my blacklistings, because I think it’s proper to respond with quick mocking, showing that I’m able to shrug it off. Which I do often. But this is a personal matter and the light needs to shine upon it. This is the story of how a working relationship and friendship […]
How Poul Anderson’s Science Fiction Genre Warnings From 1975 Apply Now More Than Ever
Yesterday, Dave Truesdale, editor of Tangent Online, sent me a classic interview he did with science fiction great, Poul Anderson. He warned me it was a short interview, but that didn’t make what Anderson said any less substantive. It was eye opening to see how Anderson saw the genre in 1975 — already in decay […]
God Is In Control
I spoke with a friend a couple of weeks ago, details changed to protect the innocent, who’s been trying very hard to get a job in a certain arena he’s very good at. I mean extremely good. The type of person where if I needed advice in the field, I’d turn to him for it. […]
Dangerous Article: Did Twitter Violate California Civil Rights Laws?
Article is here: https://www.dangerous.com/40574/arroz-strong-case-twitter-censorship-violates-californias-civil-rights-laws/ And if you like my articles, do support my books! For Steam And Country is still going strong with great reviews. Join the reading community that’s revolutionizing sci-fi publishing.
Defending Our Veteran Artists – A Tremendous Success
We all came together in the last 24 hours, united behind a man who served our country and professes Christian faith, who was blacklisted from small indie publishers for making a truthful comment on facebook. And we have good news to report today, that the fundraiser for Will Caligan is at $26,800 as of this […]
Making Peace by Adam Lane Smith
Making Peace is a new book out by a debut sci-fi and fantasy author today worth checking out. Adam has incredible talent with voice and character, and this reads like a book by someone who’s a veteran writer. You’ll note I already gave a blurb about the pacing and action. I read this over the […]
A Crowdfund to Help Will Caligan – Blacklisted For His Conservative Thoughts
I know everyone is waiting on my information with SFWA where I have hard evidence the board of the organization conspired to ensure I was blacklisted within a single day of my application, and then took a full month to invent a reason to justify it. It was pure discrimination over my being an outspoken […]
Book Marketing: Believe In Yourself If You Want Anyone Else To
I’ve got enough success now that I have troll vultures circling my profile every day trying to snipe at anything I say. Exhibit A is an innocuous book marketing post, where I’m appropriating a popular hashtag because it can apply to my book if you change the meaning of it as I did. I’m very […]
That Time When Sour Scalzi Mansplained Being A Strong Woman To Oprah
Very interesting stuff. Scroll to about 20:22 to see the excitement. Talking over her. Interrupting. I literally can’t even. He should attend sensitivity training immediately. If you’re tired of old white men mansplaining, check out the book with a strong female lead by the leading Hispanic voice in science fiction. Zaira is in charge in […]
No One Is Pure Enough For The Outrage Inquisition
The last couple days have been pretty eye opening, as I’ve watched a couple of SJWs get savaged by their own kind for not toeing the line hard enough. The first incident was a reviewer by the name of Bookworm Blues, who was all too happy to attack me for saying it’s not a good […]
Bounding Into Comics Ember War Interview
Bounding Into Comics interviewed me yesterday about The Ember War, which is linked here. Interesting how they’re the only comic media outlet to pick up the announcement, with The Ember War books outselling the vast majority of Marvel/DC comics. It’s almost like the media doesn’t want any competition to the Big 2. Oh well, we’ll […]
Comics Publishing Sinks To New Low In Blackballing
Megan Fox breaks it down in a crazy new expose on what’s happening at the independent comic level. Marvel wouldn’t even HIRE someone who’s conservative in the first place, so this ends up the last place Wil Caligan can get a job. Caligan, a conservative Christian, had little chance of survival in that environment. One […]
Federalist Interview With Kevin Sorbo
I spoke with Kevin Sorbo about his ban at the East Coast ComicCon over on The Federalist. Do check it out!
Richard Fox’s The Ember War: Comic Adaptation!
Yesterday, Castalia House made a big announcement, which is going to make a much bigger splash in the entertainment world than a lot of people might realize. I’ve signed with their new comic imprint to adapt Richard Fox’s bestselling military science fiction novel The Ember War into a graphic novel. Fox is one of the biggest […]
The Ever-Changing Narrative And Double Standards Show They’re Disingenuous
The reactions seem to be a law with these keyboard warriors out for vigilante social justice. 1. Someone flies in the face of their Narrative 2. They lose their collective minds and won’t stop droning on and on, parroting each other in an attempt to prove their virtue 3. When it doesn’t seem to be […]
Geek Gab With Daddy Warpig 12 PM PST
At noon I’ll be on Geek Gab talking about this crazy week I’ve had, along with the shameful banning of Kevin Sorbo by East Coast Comic Con over his politics. This is a free speech and civil rights issue for everyone. And we will not be silenced.
Awesome New Swag!
As you guys may be aware, I’m developing a very cool fashion line to supplement my work in conjunction with CryptoFashion. We have an exciting development today: First, there’s been a lot of ask for the hat I wear on a lot of my broadcasts, which says, “Make Science Fiction Fun Again. That’s my goal […]
Friends Friday: Devastator by Jason Cordova
Last week I announced I’d be doing guest blogs every Friday to highlight some other authors in the field. With the craziness of the last week, a broken link to the email I was supposed to have those sent to (whoops! sorry anyone who tried to submit), I haven’t had time to coordinate with anyone. […]