What Principle?

What Principle?

Breitbart reports on a recent poll that asked if employers should make room for Muslim employees to pray at work, then asked the same question about Christians. The results were broken down along Liberal and Conservative lines. It should come as no surprise that more Liberals favored giving Muslims prayer…
December 7, 201816 Comments
Another Comparison to Galaxy’s Edge

Another Comparison to Galaxy’s Edge

The Injustice Gamer compares and contrasts a few established and upcoming newpub projects, including the formidable Galaxy's Edge  and my own Combat Frame XSeed. Galaxy's Edge does a lot of stuff very much right. They started with a bang, filling a desire with their #starwarsnotstarwars postings on twitter, and marketing that…
December 6, 201810 Comments
The Sixth Four Horsemen

The Sixth Four Horsemen

Best selling author and indie publisher Chris Kennedy has an exciting announcement for readers of the enormously popular Four Horsemen anthology series. I know many of you enjoy the action-packed Mil SF of Mr. Kennedy and his co-authors, so my readers should find the following announcement of particular interest. That's…
December 4, 201817 Comments
Preview of Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40

Preview of Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40

Please enjoy this excerpt from the second novel in my upcoming mecha/Mil-SF saga, Combat Frame XSeed: Coalition Year 40. Book one launches in January, and book 2 will follow in March. Arthur The boy hurried up the slope, scrambling over fallen logs and mossy boulders. The thinning, pine-seasoned air didn’t slow…
December 3, 20185 Comments
Tolkien Bashing’s Back on the Menu

Tolkien Bashing’s Back on the Menu

Alex over at Amatopia reports on the latest round of Tolkien bashing instigated by the grandfather of fantasy's soyfed, unjustifiably smug inferiors. Everything that is good, true, noble, and beautiful must be destroyed. The recent denunciation of the legend J.R.R. Tolkien and his masterwork The Lord of the Rings is…
November 29, 201815 Comments
Stay Away from Conventions

Stay Away from Conventions

Author Jon Del Arroz reports on yet another deplatforming of a major science fiction author from a convention. This time, it was astrophysicist and Reason Magazine editor Gregory Benford who ran afoul of the SJW hatemob. Gregory Benford thought he was just speaking on another panel, something he’d done dozens of times…
November 28, 201820 Comments
#OpThotAudit

#OpThotAudit

A delightful little internet flap occurred over the weekend wherein a Twitter user going by the name of David Wu declared he was reporting camera THOTs to the IRS for tax evasion. David Wu allegedly is reporting sex workers who pimp themselves on Snapchat to the IRS. Sex workers on…
November 27, 201819 Comments
Metal Fiction: #AGundam4Us

Metal Fiction: #AGundam4Us

Image by Shoji Kawamori It is my sincere honor to welcome Metal Fiction into the growing ranks of #AGundam4Us. Here I reproduce Brent's call to arms in full. I fell in love with mecha back in the 80s: Transformers, Mighty Orbots, Challenge of the GoBots, Robotech, Voltron, BattleTech… I watched/read/played…
November 26, 20182 Comments
Pro Writing Tips: The Sentence Level

Pro Writing Tips: The Sentence Level

Working as a professional writer and editor these past years has not only taught me a lot about writing; it's shown me much that I didn't even suspect I didn't know. Since I always try to have one hand reaching down the ladder to help folks below me up while…
November 23, 201813 Comments
Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving remains the only major holiday that the forces of American consumerism have yet to fully commercialize--though not for lack of trying. Gathering with family and giving thanks to God for the year's blessings is still the centerpiece of the day. I'm especially thankful for my readers. Living my vocation…
November 22, 2018