I picked up the audiobook edition of Cartwright’s Cavaliers by Mark Wandrey, expecting pretty much what I saw on the cover — big mech fights. While he certainly delivered on that cover promise in this book, he also delivered a lot more. Forgive me if I misspell any names, as having the audio version meant […]
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To Message Fiction Or Not To Message Fiction
I don’t write message fiction. In fact, a lot of the actual criticism of my book (when there is any, most folk just love it!) hits when people read it as if they’re braced for some sort of lecture on morality from me… and they don’t find one other than bad guys with lots of […]
Comic Review: X-O Manowar #2
A few months ago, I swore off of individual comic book issues forever. On a whim last month, I picked up X-O Manowar #1, and like comic book superheroes who have their epic deaths – it didn’t last long. I was so impressed by the issue that I went out and bought the pre-order bundle […]
The Last Crusade: There Is No Compromise
God’s Word is clear: you are either giving yourself over to Him, or you’re giving yourself over to evil. There’s no in between. You can’t half-commit to Christ. By consequence you can’t “think he’s a great teacher with some good wisdom” and yet ignore his message. Either his words were true, or they were not […]
Another Convention, The Same Old Story
I came across a post on Medium today about Penguicon, another converged Science Fiction and Fantasy convention that has prioritized their politics over creating a fun event. Most people who read know about my history with BayCon, and how horribly they treated me after it came out that I voted “wrong” in the Presidential election […]
Rislandia Needs You!
By royal missive of King Malaky XVI on this 15th day of the Month of Queens, during the 19th year of his reign: Rislandia needs you! The evil Wyranth Empire is nipping at the heels of our border, and we need strong soldiers to fight back against the tides of darkness from the south! First, we […]
The Most Epic Book Giveaway Ever? #MASSIVEsffGA
Pleased to announce that I am a part of a MASSIVE giveaway of paperback books. Someone will win 50 Science Fiction and Fantasy books from this really cool contest, including one of the most talked about Space Opera books of 2016, Amazon Top-10 Space Opera Bestseller and Alliance Award Nominated Star Realms: Rescue Run! You’ll […]
Retro Review: Star Wars: Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn
Last week, the new book Thrawn by Timothy Zahn came out, a book I didn’t expect to see until it was announced. It hit #2 on the NYT Bestsellers list, so big congratulations to Mr. Zahn. I picked it up, but I wanted to reread the original Thrawn Trilogy first as it’s been about 19 […]
Congrats Mike Cernovich, White House Press Correspondent
Mike Cernovich is such an inspiration to independent journalists and commentators everywhere. I’ve been following him since I discovered him midway through last year, and he always brings a unique perspective to stories that the mainstream fake news media either lies about or glosses over. It’s propelled him to be featured on 60 Minutes, which […]
Engagement Is More Important Than Number Of Followers
Late last year, after being personally attacked as usual, I got into it with a different writer friend of author M. Todd Gallowglas — who I want everyone to know totally is associated with me and has been my friend for a number of years, and who would certainly love for you to mention how you […]
I Can’t Believe I Missed This!
For some reason, it was in my mind that this was coming out in May. It’s no secret that Elizabeth Moon is one of my favorite authors, my writing has been compared to hers on numerous occasions (of which I am honored but not deserving!), and I definitely do use her work as a model […]
The Best Of My Flash Fiction
I wrote a lot for Doomtown: Reloaded for a couple years there, but these three flash fics are the favorite I’ve written so far: Clean Up Call for The Captain Is Dead game: https://www.alderac.com/blog/2016/11/24/captain-dead-clean-call-jon-del-arroz/ Project Scarecrow for Uprising Review: Project Scarecrow Lula Morgan for the Doomtown Reloaded card game: https://www.alderac.com/doomtown/2014/12/03/double-dealin-preview-lula-morgan/ Enjoy! […]
