Today we have a wonderful guest, V.R. Konner, who is an author and graphic designer responsible for the maps which will be in future installments of the Baron Von Monocle universe books. He stops by the blog today to talk about his experience in writing, and how he avoids the trope of overrepresentation which is […]
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Another Pedophile Exposed In Mainstream Science Fiction
Ever since Moira Greyland released the book detailing just how her mother, Science Fiction legend and feminist icon Marion Zimmer Bradley sexually abused her — and used the convention circuit to allow her friends to do the same, I’ve posted warning about the pedophilia that’s been normalized within the mainstream science fiction community. In hindsight, […]
Con Carolinas Set A Dangerous Precedent For Sci-Fi Cons To Advocate Fascism
When Con Carolinas removed John Ringo from their convention, effectively banning him because a small internet outrage mob attempted to harass him out of a convention, they did more than just attack a single author. They set a precedent for other conventions to start pushing their “code of conduct” policies to a point where they […]
Literature Isn’t Declining – But The Gatekeepers Want You to Think it Is
A couple of articles were brought to my attention on monday about the state of the industry. It’s no wonder the publishing world is shaken, after Barnes & Noble is undergoing a decline. It’s literally their last, best outlet to maintain control over what people see, keeping a limited selection of perspectives and ideas. What […]
Barnes & Noble’s Death Would Be Great For Indie Authors
The New York Times yesterday came out with an article on how necessary it is to save Barnes & Noble, the original local bookstore killer. Remember, this is the company that made your local bookstore go out of business in the 90s. The company launched a number of failed initiatives to compete with Amazon over […]
Should Authors Work In Multiple Genres?
Like anything, it depends on your goals. Working as an author is a balance between art and commercial appeal, and so one has to keep both in mind while creating. Over my one year span of releasing in the business, I’ve released works in three different subgenres of science fiction: Space Opera / Mil SF, […]
Flash Fiction Friday – “Fired Up In The Desert”
I don’t usually write much random fiction in the middle of projects, but this popped into my head today. It’s extremely short, but I’ve been meaning to do a little more weird west and don’t have time for much so this hopefully will quench my thirst for awhile. Free to read, fresh off the word […]
Happy Frogs: Moving The Cultural Needle
We have a lot of work to do with the Happy Frogs, and we’re just getting started. So far as an organization we’ve: Posted a 2017 Dragon Awards Recommendation Slate, and gotten every person nominated Posted 2017 Dragon Awards Finalists Recommendation Slate Posted a 2018 Hugo Awards Recommendation Slate Posted a 2018 Hugo Awards Finalists […]
Retro Review: The Rebel Worlds by Poul Anderson
The next story in the Dominic Flandry series brings about another change for the character. Ensign Flandrey brought us a nice war with the Mersians and showed how one world escalated a galactic conflict. A Circus of Hells showed Dominic floating around doing spy work, expanded the Mersian conflict, and it truly felt like a […]
Culture Convention Watch: BayCon
BayCon was the first convention to give me problems over my political affiliation. A lot of the people involved in it are also involved in this year’s WorldCon, as it’s in the same location, and so it makes sense that the discrimination I face now on a much bigger level originated here. I like to […]
New Releases: Knight Training novella + New T-Shirt
Just because we’re winning awards around these parts doesn’t mean we’re stopping working. I’ve got two very exciting things to announce that are out now: One, the James Gentry novella, “Knight Training” is available for $3/mo patreon subscribers. This is the direct sequel to For Steam And Country and it’s set between books 2-3. Readers […]
CLFA Book Of The Year Award Winning
Thanks everyone for all your hard work in going out and voting on this. It was a really tough fight on this front, because every book on the list was 100% deserving. It was even harder on one front, because of dozens of votes coming in each day for both For Steam And Country and […]
