Have you done your duty and signed up for the Grand Rislandian Army? We’ll need every boot on the ground to make sure that the evil Wyranth Army doesn’t prevail over our forces, guided by King Malaky XVI. Most of the action is on Facebook right now. Here’s the group if you’d like to join: https://www.facebook.com/groups/519333975122120/ […]
Archives for May 2017
Comic Review: Eleanor And the Egret #1
Being a big Chew fan, when I saw that John Layman had another comic out with a very silly concept, I went to check it out. With Sam Keith, I thought I could expect some quirky art and quirky story like I saw in Chew. This issue sets up one of those “what’s going on” […]
Book Review: Cartwright’s Cavaliers by Mark Wandrey
I picked up the audiobook edition of Cartwright’s Cavaliers by Mark Wandrey, expecting pretty much what I saw on the cover — big mech fights. While he certainly delivered on that cover promise in this book, he also delivered a lot more. Forgive me if I misspell any names, as having the audio version meant […]
To Message Fiction Or Not To Message Fiction
I don’t write message fiction. In fact, a lot of the actual criticism of my book (when there is any, most folk just love it!) hits when people read it as if they’re braced for some sort of lecture on morality from me… and they don’t find one other than bad guys with lots of […]
Comic Review: X-O Manowar #2
A few months ago, I swore off of individual comic book issues forever. On a whim last month, I picked up X-O Manowar #1, and like comic book superheroes who have their epic deaths – it didn’t last long. I was so impressed by the issue that I went out and bought the pre-order bundle […]
The Last Crusade: There Is No Compromise
God’s Word is clear: you are either giving yourself over to Him, or you’re giving yourself over to evil. There’s no in between. You can’t half-commit to Christ. By consequence you can’t “think he’s a great teacher with some good wisdom” and yet ignore his message. Either his words were true, or they were not […]
Another Convention, The Same Old Story
I came across a post on Medium today about Penguicon, another converged Science Fiction and Fantasy convention that has prioritized their politics over creating a fun event. Most people who read know about my history with BayCon, and how horribly they treated me after it came out that I voted “wrong” in the Presidential election […]
Rislandia Needs You!
By royal missive of King Malaky XVI on this 15th day of the Month of Queens, during the 19th year of his reign: Rislandia needs you! The evil Wyranth Empire is nipping at the heels of our border, and we need strong soldiers to fight back against the tides of darkness from the south! First, we […]
The Most Epic Book Giveaway Ever? #MASSIVEsffGA
Pleased to announce that I am a part of a MASSIVE giveaway of paperback books. Someone will win 50 Science Fiction and Fantasy books from this really cool contest, including one of the most talked about Space Opera books of 2016, Amazon Top-10 Space Opera Bestseller and Alliance Award Nominated Star Realms: Rescue Run! You’ll […]
Retro Review: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Last week, the new book Thrawn by Timothy Zahn came out, a book I didn’t expect to see until it was announced. It hit #2 on the NYT Bestsellers list, so big congratulations to Mr. Zahn. I picked it up, but I wanted to reread the original Thrawn Trilogy first as it’s been about 19 […]
