Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange, the latest installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, came out Friday. To be honest, I didn't originally intend to see it. I never followed the character's own comic book series. In fact, my only exposure to Stephen Strange has been in Marvel crossovers where he always shows up…
November 7, 20162 Comments
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Soul Cycle Casting Call Part 1: Nethereal

Readers frequently tell me that they'd love to see movies based on my books. While I find these comments highly flattering, before any film adaptations of the Soul Cycle could happen, I would need: A) the six million reader fan base that's required to financially justify turning SFF books into…
November 2, 20163 Comments
Stories within Stories

Stories within Stories

People tell stories to entertain, inform, and advise others. As fictional representations of people, it only makes sense that characters in stories often tell stories themselves. Nested stories The nested story--or story within a story--is one of my favorite literary devices. If you make a mental list of your favorite…
November 1, 20162 Comments
Geek Gab Halloween Special Plus Updates

Geek Gab Halloween Special Plus Updates

After a brief hiatus, Geek Gab returns with an all-new, very special Halloween episode! Daddy Warpig delivers an epic rant on how The Walking Dead has lost its sense of drama along with the plot. Then I delve into the movie vault to review a classic film from the Bronze Age…
October 31, 2016

The Designer Guide to Secondary World Religions

Ragnarok Publications has been gracious enough to host an article that I wrote on designing fictional religions on their blog. How do you avoid clichés like Crystal Dragon Jesus, the Evil Church of Evil, and smarmy secularist characters who know the Bible better than lifelong churchgoers? You build from the…
October 28, 201613 Comments

The Secret Kings, Soul Cycle Book III and Call for Beta Readers

Attention, fans of Niemeierian fiction: The first draft of The Secret Kings, Soul Cycle Book III is now complete at 125,000 words! You can check out a preview of SK here. Note that the preview poses a moderate spoiler risk if you haven't read Nethereal. Having draft one of the…
October 24, 20166 Comments
Infogalactic, Planetary

Infogalactic, Planetary

Infogalactic, the major fork of Wikipedia which, unlike its predecessor, is dedicated to cultivating objective fact instead of suppressing it, had my support from day one. Writing professional grade SFF takes more and broader research than you might expect, and it's become readily apparent to anyone with a shred of…
October 18, 20164 Comments
Twitter and New Novel Update

Twitter and New Novel Update

Wrestling Twitter Regular readers will know that I've been having problems with Twitter since the beginning of August, culminating in what is playfully called a shadowban. Based on reports from my followers, what the shadowban has done is secretly force their accounts to treat mine as if they've blocked it.…
October 17, 2016
Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted

Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted

By way of welcoming me to the Castalia House family, Lead Editor Vox Day recently gifted me a copy of Quantum Mortis: A Man Disrupted, his military science fiction/noir techno-thriller co-authored with Steve Rzasa. Synopsis The novel's protagonist is Chief Warrant Officer Graven Tower of the Military Crimes Investigation Division on Rhysalan--a…
October 11, 201610 Comments

Geek Gab: Dunte-Mania

On this week's episode of Geek Gab, we spent a half hour chatting with Hugo-nominated author, editor, and publisher Jeff Duntemann. Listen in as we talk about possible alternatives to Twitter and Amazon, how tradpub's fate is bound to B&N's, and other indie publishing nerdery. Also, don't forget to check…
October 10, 2016