Book Review: Ctrl Alt Revolt! by Nick Cole

Book Review: Ctrl Alt Revolt! by Nick Cole

This post is long overdue. Like absolutely everyone else, I was intrigued when Harper Collins abruptly cancelled Nick Cole's contract for Ctrl Alt Revolt! due to the manuscript giving a special snowflake editor badfeelz. Ten years ago, Nick would've been screwed. Getting his book to a wide audience back then would…
January 18, 20176 Comments
Jeffro Johnson Presents Appendix N

Jeffro Johnson Presents Appendix N

Three-time Hugo Award finalist Jeffro Johnson of the Castalia House blog announces the release of his highly anticipated opus, Appendix N: A Literary History of Dungeons & Dragons. Appendix N takes its name from the suggested reading list included in the original Dungeon Master's Guide by D&D creator Gary Gygax. Jeffro…
January 16, 2017
Nethereal Video Review

Nethereal Video Review

Reader JimFear138 has written a review of my breakoug SFF/horror novel Nethereal. The overall assessment is, as he admits, glowing. Which is another thing I feel needs to be brought up. This book outflanked me. Usually when I read a book, I try to guess where the author is going with…
January 13, 20172 Comments

Author Nick Cole on the Importance of Platforms

Nick Cole explains why building an author platform is especially important in this age of SJW disemployment mobs. As writers we're always trying to get people interested in our books. And exposure helps that to happen. Making people aware of your book is key to getting them to actually buy…
January 12, 2017
Slate Ponders Why Broken Clock Is Only Right Twice a Day

Slate Ponders Why Broken Clock Is Only Right Twice a Day

A reader made me aware of Laura Miller's uneasy realization that traditional literary publishers lack the power to confer validation and, increasingly, a subsistence income, on writers. Few connections are more mysterious than the one between writing books and making money. The Christian obligation to instruct the ignorant compels me…
January 12, 20177 Comments
Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia

Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia

Last month I reviewed Larry Correia's latest fantasy epic Son of the Black Sword. Before that I reviewed the first book in Larry's Grimnoire Chronicles, Hard Magic. You could say I've taken a tour through the first books in each of his landmark series. The most fascinating part of the…
January 10, 20175 Comments
More Amazon Reviewers Praise the Soul Cycle

More Amazon Reviewers Praise the Soul Cycle

Previously I'd observed an increase in sales and Amazon reviews of my books whenever CHORFs attack my fans. Thanks to my stalwart readers, the trend continues. Here is a sample of reviews that books in the Soul Cycle received over the weekend. First up, Souldancer get some love from the indomitable…
January 9, 20174 Comments
How to Design Magic Systems

How to Design Magic Systems

When two magic systems love each other, sometimes they hug. A speculative element is what sets the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror apart from literary fiction. There's no element more speculative than magic, and it's become a common term of art to speak of an SFF universe's "magic…
January 5, 201724 Comments
Forbidden Thoughts

Forbidden Thoughts

You are not supposed to read this book.  You are not supposed to think about reading this book.  In fact, just plain thinking at all is unacceptable.  You have been warned.... Introducing Forbidden Thoughts, the landmark anthology of wondrous, thrilling, and terrifying stories by authors who've been expelled from polite…
January 4, 20177 Comments
2016: My Year in Self-publishing

2016: My Year in Self-publishing

Thanks to my readers and several new author friends, 2016 was a breakout year for me. Here's a recap. February: Souldancer, Soul Cycle Book II released I'd originally planned to launch the sequel to my debut novel Nethereal in time for Christmas 2015. The release was delayed by about eight…
January 3, 201713 Comments