The Dragon Awards: Readers Suggest Souldancer

The Dragon Awards: Readers Suggest Souldancer

Among the many revelations of Larry Correia's Sad Puppies campaigns, one of the most eye-opening is the surprisingly small voter base of what used to be science fiction's most prestigious award. The Hugos' increasingly niche place in the exploding SF scene is readily apparent when you consider that last year's…
June 28, 20163 Comments

Penny Dreadful: Geek Gab Episode 59

On this week's episode of Geek Gab, Daddy Warpig delivers a rousing dissertation on the decline of contemporary horror. Exhibit A: Showtime's Gothic horror series Penny Dreadful. Has the horror genre lost its way in recent years? Listen in and find out! When you're done listening, read my top 20…
June 26, 2016

Reader Mail: A Self-Publishing Primer

A new reader sends this request for help navigating the radically transformed publishing landscape: First off, I'd like to congratulate you on the success of the book bomb a couple of weeks ago, and I hope you continue to be successful in your writing career. I have a huge amount…
June 21, 2016
Applied Rhetoric: Fun with Trolls

Applied Rhetoric: Fun with Trolls

A close friend and I were discussing the relative merits of dialectic and rhetoric the other day. He spoke of the invective bafflingly spewed against Christians since the Muslim terrorist attack in Orlando and mentioned debating fellow members of certain online communities on the subject. When I advised him that…
June 20, 20168 Comments

Geek Gab: Battle of the Iron Mans!

Daddy Warpig and I devoted the latest episode of Geek Gab to debating my best Iron Man movie post. The discussion was quite vigorous, to the extent that we broke the normal half hour time limit and did a double length episode. I definitely think the subject merited the extra time.…
June 19, 20163 Comments
The Conjuring 2

The Conjuring 2

With The Conjuring 2 dominating the weekend box office, now seems like a good time to expand on my short review from the most recent episode of Geek Gab. The sequel to 2013's The Conjuring, also helmed by director James Wan, this installment features the dramatization of another case from the…
June 14, 2016
Why Indie Publishing Succeeded Where Indie Gaming Failed

Why Indie Publishing Succeeded Where Indie Gaming Failed

Indie game developers' quandary The topic of this post came to me after I happened upon a couple of videos on widely disparate subjects. While making my way through The Rageaholic's Hugo-nominated vlog series, I came across this episode explaining why hopes that indie developers will pull the video game…
June 13, 20169 Comments

Geek Gab: Super Movie Episode

It's anything goes on this lively episode of Geek Gab. Daddy Warpig discusses a couple of Disney kids' films: Zootopia and The Rescuers. John talks about Overwatch. It's not a movie, but he didn't watch anything this week. Finally, I review The Conjuring 2 form director James Wan. Did he succeed…
June 12, 20162 Comments
Happy Anniversary, Nethereal!

Happy Anniversary, Nethereal!

My indie publishing adventure began one year ago today when my first novel, Nethereal, went live on Amazon. It's been a wild ride, to say the least. In the past year, I've released my first book's sequel, Souldancer, put together a second edition of Nethereal based on your feedback, got nominated…
June 10, 20164 Comments