There’s one man responsible for creating a short fiction anthology that propelled so many authors into the Amazon Top #100 author rankings, no small feat at all. He did it by telling stories that no other publisher would dare touch. Short fiction is an incredibly tough market, with most not selling at all in today’s […]
A Mailing List + Crowd Sourcing A Book Title
I’m getting hip and with it in this modern internet age with a mailing list, as I realized I’ve skipped that valuable marketing step. I won’t post to it except for new releases and perhaps a couple of times to push for Dragon Award nominations, so it will be low additional email quotient for you. […]
#PulpRevolution Mindset
This might be total confirmation bias speaking, and I mean this to spur discussion rather than ramble about it too much. I see a very different style of posting from the Appendix N, Pulp Revolution, Science Fiction Should Be Fun crowd than the Literary SF group. The Pulp group makes fun, talks about stuff they love. […]
Perennial Baycon Guest Gets Nasty
Despite Baycon’s misleading form letter about their long time guests, there many who are a part of the con year after year, none who could remotely be on the right side of the aisle, and most of whom don’t really have any product out on the market that’s relevant in the current year. But, they’ll keep […]
2/11/17 Star Realms Signing, Demo, Tournament: Game Kastle, Fremont CA
I’ll be doing a book signing, demo of the game and running a tournament for anyone who wants to come down tomorrow, Saturday the 11th at Game Kastle in Fremont, CA. Address is: 3911 Washington Blvd in Fremont and their store phone is 510-651-4263. https://www.facebook.com/GameKastleFremont/ Will start at 12:00 PM Noon for demos and book signings […]
The Art Of The Troll
There’s a LOT of posting going on now, messages, comments, fake amazon reviews, trying to troll me. I expected this backlash fully. What I did not expect… that these people don’t know how to troll effectively. There are some efforts going on that I don’t want to dissuade because I find it awesome, as it […]
Si vis pacem, para bellum!
Thank you everyone for such a warm response yesterday. I appreciate all the love and support more than you know. Feel free to keep in touch too as I’ll have your back in these situations as well as best as I am able. I’ll try to get out 2 posts today: one on responses to my […]
Is xXx: The Return of Xander Cage The Greatest Film Of All Time?
I’m struggling to conceive of one that’s even remotely in its league. I sat in the theatre last night with a total of 5 people in there, and a friend and myself laughed our butts off the entire time (and got some angry stares for doing so from the other 3 people in the theatre).
Innovation and Singularity with Author Doug Sharp
We open this week of blogs with something a little bit different. I’ve done written interviews before, but sparingly, and this time I spoke with science fiction author Doug Sharp. He’s not a name you’re likely to have heard much about just yet, but he write such innovative, unique fiction that it’s a breath of […]
Get Spaced!
I’ll be on the GeekGab Podcast at 2:30 PM PST talkin’ bout space and whatever else these fine gents ambush me with:
#Milogate: UC Berkeley Has A Statement
Just received a response from the UC Berkeley Media department. My original ask was this: Pretty simple. Should be a quick response? Right? UC’s response with my commentary in bold:
When Journalists Refuse to Journal (#MiloGate)
I’m noting a trend in events, where if you go across the nets, tv, or whatnot that the mainstream fake news seems to avoid any sort of confrontational commentary to their narrative.
Trading In Danger Ch13
“Age and experience are independent variables.” Got a little bit behind by missing Friday due to work commitments, but still going through the book! I love the quote above, as that is supreme life advice against judging a book by its cover.
Trading In Danger Ch12
“This is outrageous! This is nothing but a cargo hold! It’s not even warm!” This chapter gets into a bit of the procedural aspects of the merc-given mission to Ky and her crew that they will be taking on 50 new passengers, straining their environmental and capacity capabilities. While I believe it will escalate […]
Trading in Danger Ch10
Some idiot — possibly their employers and possibly someone else — had blown both ansibles in this system, and ISC would be crawling all over this place sometime soon. Nobody wanted trouble with ISC. Much apologies for the delay in this read through of Elizabeth Moon’s wonderful work. I’d written 4,000+ words of blog post […]
New A’s Post On Athletics Nation
Which you can read here: http://www.athleticsnation.com/2017/1/23/14363808/a-rebuttal-to-as-refuse-to-rebuild
Trading In Danger Ch9
“Were you planning to wake sleeping beauty?” Ky asked. “Or were you waiting for a prince?” I would have expected that the big attack was coming from the mercenaries, but it didn’t. This chapter shows that there’s some down time between when the merc cruisers get in range and as the Glennys moseys off into space. […]
Moved To The Point Where I Must Write
I don’t listen to much Christian music. I find, like most Christian-centric entertainment that often it is cheesy, shoddily produced, focused on shoehorning a Bible verse in rather than telling a compelling narrative or creating good characters we can relate to. I said most, before people start emailing me with links to different Christian music/books/comics/films. However, […]
In Case You Missed It – Steroids May Be Back!
Wrote an article over on Athletics Nation yesterday. I am not in the know enough to have conclusive evidence, but something doesn’t smell right. http://www.athleticsnation.com/2017/1/17/14303188/why-arent-we-talking-more-about-steroids
Trading in Danger Ch7
Trading In Danger Ch7 “—an emergency like this,” she heard. “Unprecedented, we simply have no idea what will happen now.” I’ve tried to find a good quote that exemplifies each chapter, and so far I’ve been able to do so very easily. Ms. Moon’s writing is clear, crisp and easy to follow, which is part […]
My 2016 Planetary Award Nominations
As much as I of course want to nominate myself for such an award, with so few categories and as a “book blog”, I’m going to recuse my own work from this vote, which I may not do for other awards later so do stay tuned, friends and readers! Without further ado, here’s my Planetary Award […]
Washington Redskins GoFundMe Update: What The Heck Do I Do With The Money
Again I want to thank everyone for the laughs, the clicks, the support. This has been a lot of fun, and as there is a time for everything under heaven, there is a time to end this campaign. I’ve been debating what to do with the funds raised for the last couple of days, as […]
What YOU Like Is Literally Hitler
The above photo is of me, while I was pretty deathly ill with bronchitis. A friend, who I won’t attribute for his own safety, added the iconic ugly mustache that was popular in the 1930s to the picture, to let me know that I, in all that I do, am literally Hitler. I thank him […]
GoFundMe Update – The Washington Redskins
The outrcry of support from the public has truly been something special, as people understand my deep medical need for an Amazon Echo and a Trevor Plouffe jersey. Here’s the metrics of the campaign so far: