We all saw the horrific actions of industry professionals looking like they were going so far as to attempt to goad Diversity & Comics into a crime, like it was some bad 80s movie, and while we can laugh at the spectacle of it, it’s a crazy scary trend for comics and all fandom. They’re […]
Comic Review: Bloodshot: Salvation #1
Bloodshot is a character from Valiant Comics who is kind of like a cross between Punisher and Wolverine. An experiment from a secret military organization, Bloodshot is infused with nanites that make him a killing machine and give him regeneration powers. This book continues with the feel of Bloodshot: Reborn, much more than the crazy/zany […]
My Policy On Reaching Out
I’ve come under so many attacks as of late it feels like it never ends. This is what happens when you expose problems in industries via journalism. I may have bitten a bit more off than I can chew by pointing out the terrible problems in Science Fiction AND in comics, but they both are […]
Breaking: SJW Comic Writers Threaten Diversity & Comics, Conspire To Instigate Violence
Things have gone nuclear. Write the comic publishers. Write the conventions. We need to protect honest reviewers from this kind of abuse. The periscope detailing it is here: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1LyGBEaBNLPKN
Star Trek: Discovery Trying Too Hard To Virtue Signal
This is going to be a disaster. Everyone sees this from everything they release. Even with their marketing efforts they are so far off the mark and insulting to fans by their attempts to make this show a pure identity politics showcase that they flat lie to journalists: How Sonequa Martin-Green became the first black […]
SFWA President Appears To Break Org Rules In Escalating Feud With Hispanic Author
It was an interesting day to say the least yesterday, as I couldn’t have anticipated SFWA President Cat Rambo threatening a lawsuit over my ask for her to appear as a guest on my youtube show. As I discussed on my periscope, my thought was to talk RPGs and writing — since we both are […]
Periscope On SFWA President Cat Rambo’s Hateful And Dehumanizing Treatment of the Leading Hispanic Voice In SF
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 […]
The Death Of Star Trek
I know I owe part 2 of my article going over the numbers of science fiction publishing. I’m still working on that because it’s very research intensive, spent a lot of hours on it so far and am not complete yet. I have to check and double check everything for accuracy, so bear with me. […]
The Sci-Fi Publishing Elite’s Dirty Little Secret: Anti-Man Discrimination
This week saw me taking a lot of vitriolic hate again from several members of the in crowd in the science fiction publishing establishment. Here’s what happened. I noticed that a group that calls themselves the premier podcast in science fiction, a professional rate paying show called Escape Podcast, was running the fourth iteration of […]
Why Is NYT Bestseller and Hugo Award Winner John Scalzi So Afraid Of Me?
I talk about this and the history of my bizarre situation with him on Periscope: Why is NYT Bestseller @Scalzi afraid of me? https://t.co/miFdzsPvPR — Jon Del Arroz (@jondelarroz) September 6, 2017
TV Review: Amazon Prime’s The Tick
This weekend i watched the 6 episodes of The Tick. I don’t watch a lot of TV because it’s usually so dark and dreary it’s painful to watch and makes you feel bad. I don’t want to get in that head space This followed a little bit of that trend as it’s MUCH darker than […]
Gravity Of The Game Novella – Cover Reveal
If you were watching social media last night you may have noticed the cover reveal of my forthcoming novella, Gravity Of The Game. Commissioner Hideki Ichiro is planning a field of dreams on the moon. The World Baseball League has been in decline for decades, about to reach disastrous proportions. To survive, the game of […]
Dragon Awards 2017 Final thoughts
Getting a ton of people asking me how I feel about the Dragon Awards, from friends who are truly interested, to the general hater groups who are trying to use it as means to snipe at me, my fiction, and my friends’ fiction. I’m stoked. 8,000+ ballots were cast. This is a win for fandom. […]
