I just read a brilliant post by author Tim W. Long (Who is by no means associated with me, probably doesn’t even know me or who I am, and totally disavows me and in no way endorses me even looking at his words, haters!) on writing success, and he’s 100% right. It’s cruder than I […]
Writing
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 […]
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! […]
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. […]
The Uprising Review (Feat. Jon Del Arroz)
Over on Gab.ai (the best social media network on the internet as they allow free speech, don’t shadowban or ban anyone), I met a couple of editors and writers who had an ambitious project they wanted to launch. That project is the Uprising Review. The concept of this site is to provide true free speech for […]
It’s Time To Burn The Ships In Publishing
I still have a few readers out there who have zero concerns over entertainment industry blackballing issues. They’re firmly planted in the “it can’t happen to me” mentality, where “it’s okay” because “Trump supporters are mean!” or some nonsense. This is where most people would talk about fascism, but that word is losing all of […]
Don’t waste your time writing short stories!
As much as I see the authors waiting to get that agent or NY Publisher to pick them up, getting rejected over and over, even though their work is as good or superior to a lot of what Big Publishing puts out, I see authors trying to work the short story circuit in an attempt […]
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 […]
Great Business Advice For Newer Authors
Sarah Hoyt wrote a fantastic blog over on Mad Genius Club that’s worth the read: It is not the first time I heard this argument. It won’t be the last. Today, talking to a friend, discussing a definitely unfavorable contract I once signed, I got this answer “I’d sign that. If I had just one […]
Hello Influx Of New Readers!
Those who have made themselves at home here know that every couple of weeks I post to give new readers a little “who I am” flavor. Last week had a lot of folk coming over from reddit, this week from my Federalist article. Hi! I’m Jon. I write science fiction, comics (which I’d like to […]
How To Apply For A Job In Mainstream Journalism
This has been one crazy journey, one in which I had no intention of traveling. You might say it’s like the classic hero story. Events happen that are out of young Peter Parker’s control, or in this case, my control, people started reading my blog and my work in earnest, and I learned that I […]
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:
