This is a tragic day for science fiction. It’s really out of control and terrible. I wish there were any recourse but to call this nonsense out, but there’s not. Rambly thoughts a bit but I’m extremely disappointed in both Cat Rambo and SFWA. https://www.pscp.tv/w/1rmxPqYaNRLKN
Retro Review: King David’s Spaceship by Jerry Pournelle
Last week, like many, I was saddened by the news that Jerry Pournelle died. He was one of the giants of Science Fiction, so prolific and really having done so much for the genre. I hadn’t in the course of my readings, read King David’s Spaceship, however, and so I figured I would honor his […]
Can Anything Be Done About Comics?
It’s been a crazy, drama filled weekend in the wide world of comics. Marvel writers have doubled down on attacking reviewers/commentators, some like Nick Spencer going off on how vitriolic rhetoric is — forgetting about the incredibly charged and hateful political rhetoric not just most, but all of the Marvel writers have engaged in that […]
Marvel Doubles Down On Politics – Employees Block Reviewers & Fans
I did a periscope going over Marvel’s situation globally and talking about the epic PR failure by Marvel today. I’m not sure they can survive many more scandals like this: https://www.pscp.tv/jondelarroz/1YpJkmYoqeYKj?t=32
Clarkesworld On Story Submissions and Acceptances
I reached out to several editors regarding my statistics I found in analyzing monthly short fiction outlets that take submissions last week. I did the research into that very large cross-section of the industry primarily because of the way one magazine treated me in asking the question to begin with – encouraging their followers to […]
Book Review: Thrawn
Several weeks ago I mentioned I was rereading the original Thrawn trilogy in preparation for the new book by Timothy Zahn. I hadn’t read them since I was a teenager, and was wondering if they held up as much as I’d enjoyed them as a kid. It turns out these are some of the best […]
Periscope Ponderings: Why Don’t More People Do Independent Journalism
The answer may be obvious to some, but I give some encouragement too: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqKDRBQMNYJV
Geekchats: Bypassing The Gatekeepers With Richard Fox
A lot of authors have been asking me “What can I do?” when they saw the staggering stats regarding anti-male bias within the publishing industry. The good news is, it’s just the industry, readers don’t have such political motivations with the stories they read, they’re just looking for fun. On Thursday, Sept 14th, Youtube GeekChats […]
Fiction Review: Walking On A Sea Of Clouds By Gray Rinehart
I met Gray Rinehart at LibertyCon this year and had a brief chat with him about his debut novel, stating I’d read and review it when it came out. With ebooks, I’m exceedingly slow, but fortunately this is still on the level of new releases so let’s delve into his debut novel, Walking On A […]
The Orville Thoughts
Know I said i’d write a full review, but I covered pretty much everything i had to say on periscope. If you haven’t seen that, it’s here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1YqxomjqYpyGv
Star Wars / Marvel Writer Chuck Wendig Must Apologize for Bigoted Remarks To Hispanic Author
Is this what Disney as a company stands for? Privileged white authors saying these kinds of things about minority authors they don’t know? Do they support people who seek out rising star Hispanic authors, and call them horrific things on the internet? I don’t know Chuck, have never interacted with him save for asking to be […]
Sci-Fi Sexism By The Numbers: It’s A Mean Girls’ Club
On yesterday’s blog, I talked about my interaction with a professional paying science fiction publishing group who decided to berate me on Twitter for asking a simple question about anti-male discrimination in Science Fiction. It’s been obvious for a long time in publishing that men need not apply, you’re not welcome. But now in the […]
