“Jon has a penchant for writing female protagonists in a way that’s not annoying.” “The characters feel real.” “A very good book.” For his question of where you can get one, you can do so here (but obviously not signed or with the pretty Tim Lim bunny print). The price point is going to be […]
Twitter Is A Shithole Website
It looks like I made the right decision in jumping off Twitter when I did. This weekend, the site cracked down on a number of right-leaning people, and even feminists who boldly made statements such as “men are different than women”. The platform has gone full crazy, even deactivating the account of Julian Assange — […]
Fleetwood Mac 2018 San Jose Review
Content Warning: this post contains an analysis of boomer music. Last night I was dragged to see Fleetwood Mac at SAP Center by a buddy who had an extra ticket. A very nice ticket at that, just behind the soundboard ,the perfect place for the audio experience of a show if you know much about […]
I Guess The File 770 Guys Ain’t So Bad…
These last two weeks have been hellish to say the least. I haven’t talked about a lot of stuff on the personal front, but if you’re following along on social media, you’ve seen some folk absolutely lose their minds at your favorite humble Hispanic author (me). My understanding is that my leaving twitter has only […]
Make Science Fiction Fun Again Available For Pre-Order Now!
It’s here! The short story collection you’ve all been waiting for. Why? Because it’s a tremendous short story collection. The best short story collection. Believe me. That’s right, it’s time to MAKE SCIENCE FICTION FUN AGAIN! I’ve been hard at work producing shorts all year for my Patreon subscribers (which you should subscribe to cuz […]
John C. Wright’s IndieGoGo
I don’t usually dedicate full blogs to indiegogo projects, but John C. Wright is in a different class. He’s one of the greatest sci-fi writers alive, and it’s cool to see this project coming to fruition. I discussed this series over the summer with his wife Jagi and it’s very exciting stuff coming from the […]
Spiritual Warfare
It’s very easy when looking at physical events to ignore the metaphysical. We have very limited capacity to detect the spiritual realm, after all, but when patterns appear it becomes evident there’s forces at work that are beyond what we can simply observe with our eyes. These last two weeks, evil has been on the […]
Make Science Fiction Fun Again Out To Patreon Subscribers
Check your email notifications! The hottest short story collection of the year is here with an introduction by Daddy Warpig! It’ll probably be out on amazon in a week or two. For now, if you want something to read, sign up to Patreon. It’s available at the $3 short story tier. I give great value […]
A Failed Movement In Three Acts
It was interesting to see how comicsgate came and went, and how fast it went from something that was growing with momentum and then how fast it just went into contract mode. It was a leadership issue at its heart, as how leaders go so goes the movement. It’s easy to break down into its […]
Whoops!
I actually FORGOT to blog this morning. I’ve been getting packages out for my Flying sparks campaign. I got about 50% of the domestic trade paperbacks out yesterday and have got all the shipping ready to get the other 50% out today… then onto my far-too-long international list which is going to be a lot […]
An Interview With an IDF Soldier
Very excited for the Lunch Stream as we have Yakov Merkin, an IDF soldier who has firsthand experience on what it’s like in Israeli existence. He’s also got a great military science fiction series Galaxy Ascendant and we’ll ask him how his military life informs his writing! Make sure to like and subscribe cuz it […]
Two Face Finally Came For Me
It’s been a proxy war for the last 2 months. Ethan Van Sciver — aka Two Face — said platitudes to me for awhile, while he had private chats where he sent people both after me, and he was even so paranoid to think that people were “spying” on my behalf. This is what happens […]
The Culture War Landscape Is Changing
Over the weekend, we watched as those who built their youtube brands up on being culture warriors and proceeded to turn around and do to right wing comic creators exactly what those in the mainstream, leftist industry did, turn on the movement they helped grow and cultivate. They washed their hands of what they created […]
20Books Final Takeaways
What a great conference! I’ve rarely felt so energized about writing as I have these last couple of days. What it comes down to is what I’ve always been saying: write more, and become a master of advertising. Those two things are all anyone needs for success. It may seem a daunting task, but there’s […]
20Books Day 2
I think my highlight of my day was getting lunch with Jay Allan, one of the best Military Science Fiction writers in the field. He was extremely gracious and let me hammer him with marketing questions the whole time. Super great guy. Other than that, I think Dean Wesley Smith’s talk was probably the most […]
ComicsGate is Dead
Unranked Cheveron lays it out very well in this video: Bad leaders produce fractured movements. But that’s okay. no one can stop us from content creating over here. Make sure to back my Patreon. It helps me keep the blog going, the yotuube going, write stories, and it gets you a ton of great content.
#20BooksTo50K
Sorry about the lack of blog yesterday. Flew out to Las Vegas on Monday night and had to rush to the conference early… and then didn’t have wifi at the conference to post. I’m actually at my hotel right now to write this, running late for day two. But day one was jam packed with […]
On Movements and Moving On
I have a lot of stuff I want to say, but unfortunately I’m on the move today, headed to the 20BooksTo50K conference in Las Vegas, a conference solely about indie marketing and business building. The real deal. All I can say is– stay strong. You know in your hearts what is right and where to […]
New Short Story Release: “All Is Fair In Love And Mercs”
I’ve got a new short out in Chris Kennedy’s new anthology, Luck Is Not A Factor. This follows up on my short story “Lost And Found” which details the adventures of the most bad ass scrappy small merc crew in the galaxy, Rosethorn’s Renegades, and their intimidatingly named ship, The Lilly. It’s a standalone story, […]
Halloween Brings Out The Creative Spirit
I don’t know what it is about this time of year, but last year I got my first cosplay of Baron Von Monocle (in the form of the elder). This year I just received some fan art of a character who I don’t see a lot of people talking about uusally, but is one of […]
When Science Is No Longer Science
Dr. Hans Schantz stops by today to talk his discoveries in physics, and how academia has turned scientists into an industry of “consensus” rather than people who produce experiments to try to catalog the results and make conclusions based on their findings. You won’t want to miss this, probably our most important lunch stream yet:
The Left’s Social Pressure Tactics And Moderates
The left knows the game. Moderates don’t respond based on logic or being swayed by “good points in debate.” They respond based on social pressure. You can push a moderate from a right winger and divide a base by hitting the talking points that instills fear into the moderate. A moderate is scared to be […]
No, Mark Waid Having A GoFundMe Isn’t A Win For ComicsGate
Last week, Mark Waid launched a GoFundMe in conjunction with the lawsuit filed against him by Diversity & Comics. Immediately, hot takes on Twitter and YouTube appeared, slamming Mark Waid, making complete conjecture about the situation from claiming he’s broke to claims that the industry doesn’t support him at all to the fact that this […]
Make It Happen For Josh Howard’s T-Bird And Throttle
I just posted a new deal: anyone who backs this indiegogo for $300+ gets written into one of my upcoming novels as a character. Please consider helping Josh out. This is going to be a great book. I’ve read #0 and #1and they’re wonderful. Josh is one of my favorite aritists and we need to […]