I’m super excited to be talking with Bre. She’s got a really cool series of Fantasy novellas called Violet Blake, and she’s one of my favorite youtubers. I’m slightly offended that I didn’t get to be on “Champagne Thursday,” as I’m sure I’d about 3x as fun an interview with champagne, but what can you do. […]
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#Steampunk Clockwork Alchemy 2017 Round-Up
Clockwork Alchemy in San Jose, CA marked the first time I’d attended a convention wholly dedicated to steampunk – and it was a lot of fun! The crowd had about the highest percentage of people in cosplay I’ve seen, all in elegantly designed Victorian or Steampunk attire, and many I talked to are regular participants […]
Hello Massive Influx Of New People!
Seems like I get these huge spikes in readers every couple of weeks. This time it came in from a couple sources — new friends at Clockwork Alchemy (I’ll do a write up of the convention tomorrow) and from space opera writer J.A. Sutherland who was kind enough to send out a nice newsletter post […]
Review: Your Name by Makoto Shinkai
I went into reading Your Name. thinking that it was going to be a stupid bodyswapping movie. Unfortunately, from American media, the whole “Freaky Friday” thing is so overdone in every television show – and done so poorly, that the concept jars me and makes me not want to pay any attention in the least. […]
Clockwork Alchemy – San Jose, CA – Tomorrow!
Come find me tomorrow at the Steampunk convention, Clockwork Alchemy. Might be around Sunday as well but no guarantees on that. I’ll have For Steam And Country bookmarks and special Grand Rislandian Army ribbons in promotion of the book. Hope to see you there, I’ll take some good pictures of the costumes. More Info: http://www.clockworkalchemy.com/
Retro Review: Star Wars: Dark Force Rising by Timothy Zahn
In my review of Heir to the Empire, I called it space opera t its finest. After reading Dark Force Rising, I am sorry to report that I am wrong, because THIS is space opera at it’s finest. While Heir to the Empire did a lot to set up the story in Dark Force Rising, […]
Sneak Peek of For Steam And Country – One Page Podcast!
Author and blogger Dawn Witzke of the One Page Podcast did a quick reading of the first page of For Steam And Country. It sounds fantastic read aloud! You can check it out here: http://dawnwitzke.com/index.php/2017/05/25/one-page-podcast-for-steam-and-country-by-jon-del-arroz/
Storyhack: A New Short Fiction Magazine Inspired By The #PulpRevolution
Storyhack is a new short fiction magazine, which is up on kickstarter now. I read their free Issue 0 which is available on their website, and have backed this kickstarter project as it’s got some of my favorite short fiction writers involved: Jay Barnson, Jon Mollison, and David J West to name a few. It’s also […]
Comic Review: X-O Manowar #3
Some spoilers ahead, though I left out a couple crucial details to ensure the story is still enjoyable to those who pick this up. X-O Manowar #3 picks up right where #2 left off, with Aric preparing for an outright assault on the President of the other faction. It starts out with this pretty montage […]
Insensitivity
From time to time the topic of sensitivity readers comes up in my writing circles, and naturally most artists I know in the independent world balk at the concept. I tend to agree — I think it’s a scam of a few people who are telling people what’s okay and what’s not to write, which […]
A Moon Full Of Stars by Jon Mollison!
There’s another Jon out there in SF who’s very much worth your while, and his name is Jon Mollison. He writes in the vein of the old school pulps like very few I’ve seen. If you’re into hard action/adventure in your sci-fi, this work’s for you. Fun fact: he’s also an audiobook narrator, most recently […]
Review: Brandon Sanderson – Snapshot
Snapshot is the recent “between novellas” project by Brandon Sanderson. This one is a little different, a science fantasy near-future world where police can create these “Snapshots” which are direct copies of the world before a crime occurs. Police can go into these snapshots and investigate by seeing what actually happened for a period of […]
