I am pleased to announce THE leading Hispanic voice in Science Fiction will once again be attending LibertyCon in Chattanooga, TN on June 29- July 1 this year. We’ve got our tickets, got hotel booked and are going to have a great time. I’m actually going to try to work on coming up with some […]
Happy New Year – A New Patreon Short Story!
My latest short is up on Patreon this morning, just in time for the New Year. This is a FUN one and my readers won’t want to miss it. It’s all I’ll say for now, cuz I’m a tease! Right now there’s 2 stories up – I do one per month so it’s good value […]
What A Great Way To End 2017!
I’m actually sick in bed. Which means I’m spending the day reading manga, sci-fi books, watching anime, and of course a little bit of shitposting, but I didn’t bring you to the blog today dear readers to complain. I’m elated. 2017 has been such a great year for me, probably the best of my life. […]
John C Wright’s Count To Infinity
I am a bit sick here but I wanted to make sure to give an adequate plug to Grand Master Of Science Fiction John C. Wright and his conclusion to his epic… i want to call it space opera but it’s so different than anything out there it’s hard to compare. This is the final […]
The Super Hype Jon Del Arroz Book Of The Year
I read a lot of great books this year. It makes it exceedingly hard for me to choose one or even do a top five like I am prone to doing. Of course, then it’d be just as easy to name one of my own books as book of the year, I mean I am […]
Prepping For Worldcon!
Alright. I’m so excited that my little group is growing by the day! Worldcon again put out info on nominating for the hugo awards. I know a couple of groups kind of have bowed out of this thing in a “we proved our point” sorta way, but real cultural change doesn’t happen overnight — or […]
What Are You Outraged About Today, My Dear SJW Friends?
A lot of what I do is point out that so much of these little cliques of Science Fiction writers focus their entire lives on (they certainly don’t focus on selling books) is how they make FAKE OUTRAGE stories out of something that shouldn’t be a story at all. The last week exemplified this as, […]
Christmas Scripture Reading
I read Luke 1-2 over on Periscope for Christmas eve!
Sorry, SFWA Is Not Your Private Group For Anti-Right Discrimination
The last several days have been a bit of a madhouse. Science fiction hate gossip blog File 770 has dialed up the rhetoric against me in several different posts, because they’re panicked that I fairly qualify as an active professional membership for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Of America. I have the sales. I […]
Books For Success
A lot of people ask me about my strategies, tactics, marketing and just general life advice these days. I don’t really read direct “marketing” or “social media strategy” books. Most of those have platitudes that don’t look at general larger scopes or battles. I tend to want to take a global perspective of things rather […]
#MagicGate the new #GamerGate
I have a new article over on Milo Yiannopoulos’ Dangerous.com where I also am pleased to announce I am now a contributor. Important stuff on cultural blackballing as the world gets even crazier: https://www.dangerous.com/39162/arroz-joke-media-storm-destroyed-life-magic-gathering-next-gamergate/ Do share and raise awareness. These companies need to hear your voices! If you’re over here from Dangerous, please check out […]
For Steam And Country Posters!
I had a lot of requests for posters for For Steam And Country, since the book cover is so gorgeous. With the help of CryptoFashion, we’ve been able to make these a reality. The lighting is a bit bad but this is the production sample they just sent to me. So cool! You can get […]
SFWA: Pending Membership
If you didn’t watch my Periscope this morning, it was a lot of fun. I played a little song for my viewers (of which I’m very rusty specially at singing but I think I did ok!), and, as the title of this post suggests, I filled out my SFWA Application. I 100% qualify with the three […]
Marketing Advice: Use It Or Lose It!
I’ve made a major marketing failure. Yes, me, the Haas School Of Business UC Berkeley alumnus, the man who prides himself on utilizing marketing strategies like few in the business. If there’s one thing I understand and have experience in, it’s marketing. But I’m here to tell you about a mistake I made, a very […]
Brian Niemeier’s The Ophian Rising Is Out Today!
Brian is an amazing author, a Dragon Award winner for his Soul Cycle series. His 4th book in the series is out today. I’m also promoting his book on my mailing list here shortly, in which you can get a free novella from me when the post goes out in a bit! Synopsis of Brian’s […]
It’s Better To Be My Friend #JDAYourFriend
2017 is probably my best year in my life. I’m doing great professionally, it keeps getting better on that level, it’s also going great financially, I’ve taken steps to ensure my faith in God and His plan are rock-solid more than ever before, the family’s doing great, the economy’s doing great, I’ve read and written […]
Nebula Award Eligible Works
I see lots of people are posting their eligible works. I’m pleased to have one for almost every category, though my recommendations for the slate are already available via the Happy Frogs, which includes all of the best stories of the year by me and many other talented authors. Short Story: “Taking Control: – Storyhack […]
Astounding Frontiers #6
Astounding Frontiers #6 dropped today from Superversive Press! It’s their adventure pulp magazine and got a story by me set in my same world as For Steam And Country — different kingdom though so it’s got a little different of a perspective compared to what’s going on in Rislandia. It’s very fun and lighthearted adventure with a […]
Science Fiction Publishing Is Pure Depravity
SFWA President Cat Rambo made a vile attempt to downplay Moira’s Greyland’s story of the abuse she suffered at the hands of Marion Zimmer Bradley. To someone like Rambo, MZB’s identity as a feminist and gay icon is far more important than the real human who was hurt. In her capacity at SFWA, Rambo should […]
Comic Review: Port Of Earth #1
Port Of Earth automatically made it to my excitement list when I saw the concept — aliens use water for fuel and made earth into a stopping point along their transit routes. They built a port, which is supposed to be away from human society and supposed to not have them interact with humans, in […]
What A Day For Publishing
There are two really interesting books out today. one is Moira Greyland’s memoir of the chilling abuse she suffered at the hands of Marion Zimmer Bradley and lovers, which I’ve been talking about all day on social media, including an earlier periscope, which I’ve uploaded to my YouTube channel. Second, is Sean Patrick Hazlett has […]
Introducing The Jon Del Arroz Collection
I’m very pleased to announce my partnership with CryptoFashion to create some awesome swag to go along with my epic books. We’re working on producing a number of different designs, which will be trickling in through the first couple weeks of the year. I’ll try to point them out as they go live. The first […]
How To Lose A Guy In Any One Of 10 Questions
Everyday Feminism published an article on 10 Things Every Intersectional Feminist should ask on a first date… immediately, you know that if any guy was asked any one of these questions, they should high-tail it out of there before they get falsely accused of a crime. I’ll note all of the questions don’t actually have […]
Magic The Converging: SJWs Seize Personal Property For Pepe Memes
Yesterday the internet was set ablaze when a prominent youtuber — who actually makes his living by promoting Magic The Gathering through covering their pre-releases, events and the like, was banned for life for insulting a cosplayer in twitter. Wizards actually combed through his social media accounts to “prove” he was not the type of […]