https://www.gofundme.com/make-worldcon-great-again I first announced my GoFundMe publicly on Tuesday, only a few people knew about it prior to that. The day before, Monday it leaked to the hate-website File 770, where people I didn’t know mocked and derided me, treating me as if I weren’t even a human being. They’ve been doing this, encouraging science […]
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The Pile On Begins
It’s been a couple of days since my GoFundMe for getting justice for the defamation and discrimination Worldcon enacted upon me was announced. We’ve raised nearly a thousand dollars now — which is enough for the initial filing fees so we can proceed. This is with no media help and is only due to friends […]
Worldcon Legal Demand Letter – Full Text
Below is the full text of the letter my attorney sent to Worldcon, which includes the legal statutes they appear to be violating in their discriminatory and defamatory treatment of me. This kind of behavior needs to stop so writers and artists in the science fiction industry can speak their beliefs without fear of prejudice […]
Ribbit Awards Presentation – Tonight
Reminder: The Ribbit Awards, science fiction’s 2nd most prestigious awards (way more so than The Hugo Awards ) is airing tonight at 7 PM EST hosted by me and science fiction grand master John C. Wright. Be there!
Civil Rights: Worldcon Must Bake My Cake
https://www.gofundme.com/make-worldcon-great-again Friends, A month ago, the World Science Fiction Convention made an unprecedented move in pre-banning me from the convention–something they haven’t done since 1964, which they only did then with a known and later convicted child molester, Walter Breen, and with him, only for one day, not for the whole convention. To be treated […]
Retro Review: Conan The Barbarian by Robert E. Howard
I was perusing Half Price Books about a week ago and saw a stack of a 2010 edition of Conan The Barbarian by Seven Oaks Press, taking a collection of Robert E. Howard’s classics.This is not the complete works volume which I’ve seen since researching — and if you’re looking for more complete, I suggest […]
The Moment You’ve Been Waiting For: The Stars Entwined Cover Reveal!
The Stars Entwined, my military sci-fi/space opera epic, is finally done and ready, and we have a March 20th release date through Superversive Press. I’m loving how this turned out, and early readers are saying it’s my best work so far. If you missed the mailing list giveaway and reveal yesterday make sure you sign up. I […]
Friend Friday: Steampunk Lives! By Vaughn Treude
Folk who frequent here know I’m a big Steampunk fan. I think some of the best work in the genre is happening right now — as it’s settled in from its 2012 craze that saw a big public interest in Steampunk, but literature failing as it reskinned horror and romance novels into what should have […]
Quick Shot Comic Reviews – Valentines Day Week!
Reviewing up a selection of comics I read this week in brief snippets: Bane: Conquest #9: The start of a new arc here, where Bane is assembling a team to go after the dastardly secret society Kobra. Interesting introductions to several characters, though a little slower than a lot of the book has been so […]
They’re Trying To Take Away Our Right To Speak (And We Can’t Let Them)
Yesterday, I touched on DC Comics’ new “social media policy” for t heir contractors, which is aimed at one specific person in order to silence his political speech. Against the wishes of its own members, the board of the Bruin Republicans has caved to intense pressure from the UCLA faculty and one of its advisors […]
Why I’ll Likely Never Work For A Big Publisher – Thoughts On DC Comics’ Social Media Memo
Bleeding Cool actually obtained a company memo from DC Comics about their creators’ social media, which vaguely states “mean spirited” tweets are against their company policy. The fake news gossip site itself is every to gleeful to talk about how the policy is meant to “pre-empt” a buzzfeed fake news article which is going to […]
Federalist Interview with Extinct and Ender’s Game Universe Writer Aaron Johnston
I did an interview with the showrunner and writer for Extinct, a tv show I really loved last year that sadly wasn’t renewed. It was nice seeing characters that were family-oriented in sci-fi for once. Aaron knows a lot about writing and is one of the most thoughtful interviewees I’ve ever had the pleasure of […]
