The Real Horseshoe

The Real Horseshoe

A new trend that's been showing up in my YouTube subs is former Leftists or Left-Libertarians who rose to prominence in the anti-SJW campaigns rebranding as champions of Classical Liberalism. If you're a fan of Internet Bloodsports, you know what I'm talking about. You know a phenomenon has gained traction…
March 5, 201819 Comments
Return of 3 for 3 Review Day

Return of 3 for 3 Review Day

It's 3/3 again--the first anniversary of author Jon Mollison's 3 for 3 Amazon review day! How do you participate in 3 for 3 Day? It's simple. Pick 3 books you've read but haven't reviewed yet. Write a 3 sentence review of each book on Amazon. Bonus points for choosing indie…
March 3, 2018
Digital Manga Outsells Print

Digital Manga Outsells Print

But eBooks are just a passing fad, right? Reports by both The Huffington Post on Monday and the NHK World on Tuesday noted that annual sales of digital manga volume sales overtook sales of physical manga volumes for the first time in 2017. The reports, citing the Research Institute for…
March 2, 20189 Comments
Light Them Up

Light Them Up

Science fiction grand master and Grand Inquisitor of the Evil Legion of Evil John C. Wright solemnly pronounces sentence on the cackling coven of witches known to daytime TV paypigs as The View. The Media Research Center is organizing a boycott. If you can pick up a phone and call…
March 1, 20187 Comments
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