The River Plot

The River Plot

Best selling author Jonathan Moeller offers his expert advice on how to write a long-running fantasy series without falling into any of the genre's common pitfalls. First, I figure out the overall arc for the entire series. What is the central conflict and the main antagonist? Then I decided on…
June 16, 202018 Comments
A Mark of Midwittery

A Mark of Midwittery

A word of caution I frequently give my editing clients is that excess repetition quickly exhausts readers' patience. Most authors quickly get the concept. Continued reliance on repeating the same old saws ad nauseam is a mark of midwittery and creative bankruptcy. Whether former Disney author propagandist Chuck Wendig never…
June 15, 202024 Comments
Combat Data: Orpheus

Combat Data: Orpheus

Orpheus Technical Data Name: Orpheus Classification: battles cruiser Manufacturer: hull laid down by lost race of CE-399,  modified by Maximus Darving, completed by HALO Operator: HALO, Secta First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 4 command crew and up to 1000 other passengers and crew standard; all operations can be handled by Orpheus A.I.…
June 12, 2020
No Going Back

No Going Back

A common illusion that many in the counterculture labor under is the notion that all we need to do is find the right political solution. Then the Death Cult with its riots and bizarre public rituals will be swept away, and America will go back to the high culture of the…
June 11, 202025 Comments
Amicable Divorce

Amicable Divorce

A while back, the Audacious Epigone ran the numbers on the issue of American secession. Here's what emerged. Graph by Audacious Epigone AE's comment: There is no longer any racial, religious, moral, cultural, political, linguistic, or ethnic unity in the US as it is currently defined. The last remaining bond…
June 10, 202021 Comments
XSeed: S Campaign Updates

XSeed: S Campaign Updates

Yesterday I wrote about the emerging neo-patronage model of artist compensation, and my current Indiegogo campaign for Combat Frame XSeed: S is bearing out a lot of those concepts. My previous campaigns were all successful, but I've never had one with this kind of popular response and velocity. In less than…
June 9, 202017 Comments
Neo-patronage

Neo-patronage

Imagine that you're an artist of some sort desiring to make a living through your art. In the case of novelists, this used to mean seeking approval from an agent and then an editor before landing a book deal with one of the big New York publishers. That publishing model…
June 8, 202010 Comments
Rhetoric and Witches

Rhetoric and Witches

With the latest round of race riots providing an orgy of evidence for everything I've said about the Death Cult, it's no stretch to say that Witch hunting is in season. Since I disavow violence, unlike the Witches, the trials and sentencing will be conducted rhetorically. That doesn't mean engaging…
June 5, 202023 Comments
Combat Frame Data: Jigoku

Combat Frame Data: Jigoku

Jigoku    Technical Data Model number: N/A Code name: Jigoku Nickname: Aqua Dragon Classification: transformable biomass extraction combat frame Manufacturer: Unknown Operator: Secta First deployment: Unknown, before CY -2000 Crew: 1 pilot in full-immersion cockpit in core Height: 16 meters Weight: 62 metric tons Armor type: Synthetic diamond armor Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output 3176 KW Propulsion: EM drives: 4x 15,500 kg,…
June 4, 20207 Comments
Not Hyperbole

Not Hyperbole

There are those who rebuke me for indulging in hyperbole when I refer to the Left as a Death Cult. These critics cling to the ConInc narrative that the impetus behind the Left's ravaging of America is communist ideology. Our enemies, they insist, aren't spiritually motivated. Instead, they're effete losers…
June 3, 202019 Comments