Almost every time I open up a new Poul Anderson book, I find myself overcome with joy. I get strange aliens, a cool world with a lot of conflict, plenty of intrigue and action, and a g guaranteed sense of wonder and just joy of being in science fiction that a lot of modern authors […]
The Hilarious Reactions To The Happy Frogs Hugo Slate
The usual suspects are triggered like always. They can’t just enjoy what they like and have other people enjoy what they like and get along. They have to diminish, demean, and destroy. It’s all they have now. The slate was carefully chosen to give a nice glimpse at some of the best fiction out there, […]
Hugo Nominating – “Gravity Of The Game” By Jon Del Arroz
Hugo Nominations just opened, and we’re a month since Wolrdcon made an unprecedented move by banning me from attendance without giving much of a reason, but defaming me on their website and calling me a “racist bully.” The leadership of Worldcon has made it clear that they are not willing to extend protections to political […]
The Importance Of Timelines
I take some pretty detailed setting notes when writing books, and I’m glad I have those, but something I hadn’t done in my book ones of series, is set up a detailed timeline of my universes. As I’m getting into sequels, I find this increasingly important to have as I’m referencing past events in the […]
Forging Ahead And Taking Joy In The Little Things
What makes writing a tough business in my opinion is not really the work involved, the constant need for marketing, or even the overwhelming industry pressure to “conform or be cast out”, but it’s how long it takes to get a sense of accomplishment. While it feels good to finish short stories and the like, […]
Quick Shot Comic Reviews
I’m back for another round of brief reviews of all the comics this week as I couldn’t pick just one. I missed last week so there’s a smattering of titles in here. Go West #1 (Alterna) by Gareth Gunn and Saint Yak A post apocalyptic horror about a man who’s family gets slaughetered and he […]
Why Memes Are Great
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?
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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 […]
