I’ve hesitated to write this because I have so many friends in the arts, especially comics, who are making conservative or right-leaning alternatives to Marvel and DC’s woke content that’d be killing the comic industry. If you’re not on here, sorry! These are just my top 5. It doesn’t mean yours isn’t good too! Obviously, […]
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The Sci-Fi Elite’s Insulting Attempt To Erase History At NYCC
This weekend, N.K. Jemisin and Ann Leckie had a panel at New York Comic Con, one of the very few the book publishing industry can muster at these events. The topic seemed innocuous enough – “What Makes A Science Fiction Classic?” Something several friends could debate around a table, and is also something very hard […]
As We Win More Bigly, Our Enemies Get More Desperate
What a couple of weeks its been! First, I want to thank my readership for their tremendous support and faith in Gravity Of The Game. I’ve only received great feedback on how wonderful of a story it is, and most of that is coming from non-baseball fans! Like always, I put a heavy focus on character and […]
Thursday Youtube: RPGs and Writing With Jeffro Johnson!
Jeffro Johnson literally wrote the book on RPGs and writing, a critical analysis that changed my life and my perspective on fiction in SF. The book is Appendix N, named after the famed appendix in the original Dungeons & Dragons, showing the influences of its creators in Sci-FI and Fantasy. It’s beautiful, and the genre […]
Still Not Tired Part 2: FREE Novella Giveaway!
Despite a concerted high school-style effort to get people to shun me by the Mean Girls club, I hit 1,500 followers of Twitter today. I like round numbers, so I’m going to celebrate by giving away a free advance copy of my forthcoming novella, Gravity Of The Game! Made it! Thank you everyone for following […]
Still Not Tired Of Winning
What a month it’s been! September saw about the largest smear campaign ever run against me since I’ve come on the scene as a science fiction writer and journalist. I’d thought it was bad in August when the Dragon Award finalists were announced, and NYT Bestselling Author John Scalzi took to twitter to make chain-tweet […]
Letter Cancelling A’s Season Tickets – #StandForTheAnthem
With all of the athletes and entertainers out there signalling their hate for America, for the flag, utterly disrespecting and paying no care to the soldiers or police who protect us, I decided to take action. I don’t just say #DumpTheNFL, but I put my money where my mouth is, even when it’s painful for me […]
#ComicsGate Escalates To The Mainstream Media
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 […]
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
