Old establishment publishing during Space Opera Week (Tor Dot Com columnist): Derp derp, trump bad. trump bad. trump bad. #PulpRevolution new hot writers during Space Opera Week: We talk about science fiction. Is it any wonder that we’re talking over the genre? That more and more people are turning to us for content and fiction […]
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The Cult Of The New And Its Destruction Of Culture
Here’s a topic I haven’t really touched before, but it’s relevant to the way that culture has been systematically destroyed by a certain group over the last few decades. I’ve seen it discussed elsewhere as “the cult of the new” — where it’s driven by this near thoughtless consumerism of I NEED THE NEW […]
BayCon Announces Program Riddled With Toxic Politics
A couple of months ago, I entered the conversation in the Science Fiction and Fantasy world in a big way by daring to speak out about a long-time sci-fi convention and their bad behavior with the way they treat anyone who disagrees with their staff politically. I was very scared at first, because I’d always […]
Jon Del Arroz’s Based Dragon Award Recommendations
Ran a poll yesterday on which blog my readers would like to see next, and the winner by no uncertain terms was my recommendation for Dragon Award nominations. If you haven’t seen the Dragon Awards before, they are the premier award for Science Fiction and Fantasy, given at Dragon*Con, arguably the best convention that exists. […]
When The Opposition Media Makes No Sense
Some of my favorite mornings are when my blog gets a truckload of angry comments. It means that not only have I done something right, but that somewhere out there, fake news has completely twisted what I said to imply what I didn’t say. Today, it was phony outrage about giving out free books to […]
Authors Who Care About Fans And Readers
I am pleased to make an announcement on behalf of several great authors in the Science Fiction and Fantasy community.That announcement is: fans, we care about you, and we want you to have a good time. We support your coming out to express yourself in fandom. A couple of weeks ago, an invited headlining guest flaked […]
Last Day For Locus Award Nomination!
A lot of you have already been super helpful, but do be sure to write-in Star Realms: Rescue Run by Jon Del Arroz for Best First Novel. You can do so here: http://www.locusmag.com/Magazine/2017/PollAndSurvey.html I have a few other recommendations as well if you care to check out: Best Novelette: “No Vacancy” By Bonnie Randall Best Short […]
Geekchats Redux: Running A Successful Kickstarter w/ Author Robert Kroese
Since there were some scheduling conflicts, I will be going live shortly with author Robert Kroese about his 8th Kickstarter, Saga of the Iron Dragon which is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1434376384/the-saga-of-the-iron-dragon-an-alternate-history-t You can tune in to watch us:
Monday Morning Round Up
I had quite the busy week last week! Set up and sold books at Colossus Con in Pleasanton, a quaint con, but a fun one. Met some cool new people, sold a good amount of Star Realms: Rescue Run and had an all around good time. For the new folk who met me this weekend: […]
Reminder: ColossusCon in Pleasanton, CA Tomorrow!
Once again reminding that I will have hard copies of Star Realms: Rescue Run for sale, will be signing, and will have limited quantities of my old webcomic Flying Sparks in graphic novel form. I’ll also be bringing my copy of Star Realms to teach folk how to play who stop by. Should be a […]
When Hugo Insane
So much is happening today. I had a planned piece that I’m going to post tomorrow instead, as there’s just been too much sci-fi news to keep up with. Even posting my thoughts on the Hugos has already been scooped by Declan Finn, so I’m going to focus on something that I haven’t seen talked about: […]
So, I Wrote A Blog For Castalia House…
Which you can read here. I also made sure my most ardent supporters are aware of it. You think they’ll read with open minds to further the betterment of culture and the discourse on such?
