Outlining for Pantsers

Outlining for Pantsers

In response to L. Jagi Lamplighter's advice against outlining novels, commenter roughcoat asks the following: Funny that she gave the advice about not outlining. Not over-outlining, really. I've been struggling with exactly that recently. I'm a very inconsistent writer (productivity-wise) and I've been trying to nail down a process that…
February 28, 201811 Comments
L. Jagi Lamplighter Interview

L. Jagi Lamplighter Interview

L. Jagi Lamplighter Wright, my lovely and talented editor, and an accomplished author herself, recently gave an interview to the fine lads at Geek Gab. If you're an aspiring author, or even an old hand who knows there's always room to grow, don't miss this writing advice from one of…
February 27, 20185 Comments
AmRen v Twitter

AmRen v Twitter

In the comments on last week's post about the Twitter Lock Out, I called for legal action against the censorious tyrants in Big Tech. Many readers echoed that sentiment. Well, ask and ye shall receive. A group of free-speech lawyers filed the most serious legal challenge yet to Twitter’s censorship…
February 26, 20183 Comments
Now Excommunicate the Rest

Now Excommunicate the Rest

It's refreshing to see a member of the Catholic hierarchy taking the adjudication of Church doctrine seriously. Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, IL continues his juridical tour de force by publicly barring Democrat Senator Dick Durbin from receiving Holy Communion. His Excellency wrote on the diocesan web site: I agree…
February 23, 201810 Comments
Where Do Ideas Come From?

Where Do Ideas Come From?

"Where do you get your ideas?" Writers get this question often. It doesn't lend itself to a simple yes/no answer, so I'm gonna go in-depth with this one. Where ideas come from: Some are lifted from books, movies, TV, etc. and I file the serial numbers off and recombine them.…
February 22, 20185 Comments
Twitter Lock Out

Twitter Lock Out

Rumors that "ass-backward tech company" Twitter would be launching a major purge of non-Leftist users have been circulating for a while now. I fully expected them to try it, having been targeted by Twitter's passive-aggressive shadowban censorship before. Now it looks like they've gone and done it. Overnight, an unknown…
February 21, 201819 Comments
Superluminary

Superluminary

Announcing Superluminary, the latest release from science fiction grand master and Dragon Award winner John C. Wright: Being assassinated once may be an accident. Being assassinated twice is enemy action. Aeneas Tell of the House of Tell is one of the youngest Lords of Creation. His family rules the Nine Worlds…
February 20, 20182 Comments
Black Panther Review

Black Panther Review

On the latest episode of Geek Gab, Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal talk Marvel's new movie Black Panther. Does the controversial film put politics ahead of story? Find out! Also, our hosts discuss heroism, the new counterculture, and the MPAA. Give this one a listen: The cast of Firefly overdose on…
February 19, 20186 Comments
Galaxy’s Edge: Legionnaire Review

Galaxy’s Edge: Legionnaire Review

Sotmrtroopers in Afghanistan. #StarWarsNotStarWars. The guilty pleasure book you'd stay up reading if you didn't have plans on Saturday night. Galaxy's Edge co-authors Jason Anspach and Nick Cole have come up with a vivid litany of elevator pitches for the first book in their blockbuster sci-fi series. It's the kind of…
February 16, 201820 Comments
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B&N’s Bloody Monday

Barnes and Noble, biggest of the few remaining big book stores, is on its last legs if these independent sources cited by The Digital Reader are correct. Yesterday Barnes & Noble shook the business world when they fired an unknown number of experienced employees. The initial report said B&N had…
February 15, 201811 Comments