Dragon Con Fires SJW

Dragon Con Fires SJW

In a refreshing turn of events, the Dragon Con admins appear to have learned from their past mistakes. Author Jon Del Arroz has the story: Dragon Con faced a quiet coup attempt by their Literary Track head named Charlotte Stromborn. She was originally in charge of Anne McCaffrey’s Pern track…
June 11, 20189 Comments
Galactic Christendom

Galactic Christendom

For some time now, myself and other indie authors have been urging talented writers who uphold the ideals of Western civilization to get off the bench and in the reader-pleasing, culture-making game. It's my unalloyed pleasure to share the news that friend of the blog Bradford Walker has taken up…
June 8, 20189 Comments
The Two Rulebooks

The Two Rulebooks

As a follow up to my recent post about a Catholic wonk struggling to comprehend the cultural and spiritual forces arrayed against the Church and the West, reader Xavier passes along an example of a Catholic blogger who's starting to get it. Wherein Fr. Z contemplates how the Left wins…
June 7, 201814 Comments
Every Man an Island

Every Man an Island

Study the downward trajectory of Western civilization long enough, and you start to notice certain trends. One dyscivic development that almost certainly affects you but goes largely unremarked upon is the increasing isolation and atomization of men. The decline in (actually the suppression of--more on that later) male socializing and…
June 6, 201819 Comments
With the Cunning of Satan

With the Cunning of Satan

Purple prose polemicist Razörfist shoots down the commie fabrication of "Tail Gunner Joe" as an  inquisitorial bully who led a political witch hunt against innocent Americans. From the transcript [NSFW language]: Joe McCarthy, the man whose theatrics, hard-drinking, and self-destructive accusations once led President Truman to describe him as quote,…
June 5, 20187 Comments
Top Subgenres

Top Subgenres

Author Jon Del Arroz recently passed along this intriguing chart from SFWA's Nebula Awards presentation. H/t Bradford Walker. The numbers must have come as a shock to the creative writing degree holders and Clarion Workshop grads at SFWA. Meanwhile, anyone who's been watching the market knows that the ideologically driven,…
June 4, 201826 Comments
Fire Your Agent

Fire Your Agent

Galaxy's Edge co-author Nick Cole forwards a dire warning to authors from Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Here's KKR: The news broke publicly over the holiday weekend. If you blinked, you missed it. The bookkeeper for a prestigious New York literary agency pled guilty to embezzling millions from the agency, leaving the agency…
June 1, 201812 Comments
Why China Hates Star Wars

Why China Hates Star Wars

The numbers are in, and Disney's Solo: A Star Wars Story has spectacularly let down Kathleen Kennedy and her media cheerleaders, particularly blue checkmark Twitter. The Disney shills' excuse-making has been markedly anemic this time around. Everybody knew after The Last Jedi fell off a cliff that audiences were fed up with…
May 31, 201810 Comments
Starquest

Starquest

Science fiction grandmaster John C. Wright announces an exciting and timely new project. It is TIME for a CHANGE! I am pleased and proud to announce the onset of a long-awaited campaign to quit my dayjob, take up my pen, light it on fire, and ignite the slumbering spirit of…
May 30, 20189 Comments
Wright. Warpig. Finn

Wright. Warpig. Finn

Science fiction grandmaster John C. Wright, alpha geek Daddy Warpig, and multiple Dragon Award nominee Declan Finn join Max Dean Esmay for a special installment of Red Pill Religion. Topics include SJW censorship of science fiction, Larry Correia's disinvitation from Origins, and more. Give it a listen! P.S. The award-winning…
May 29, 20182 Comments