Loving Escalation

Loving Escalation

A common pitfall among sci fi and fantasy authors is series creep, wherein each installment becomes longer and less eventful than the last. It's a trap I strive to avoid. As the rave reviews for Combat Frame XSeed: CY 40 Second Coming suggest, my XSeed series has surpassed even the…
January 8, 202010 Comments
Neo-Patronage

Neo-Patronage

Lately a lot of folks have been asking me where I think the publishing industry is headed next. It's a fair question. After all, our society is undergoing runaway change, and publishing is a subset of the whole. Many of these questions are prompted by the ongoing censorship campaign sweeping…
January 7, 202016 Comments
Gabbin’ About Mecha

Gabbin’ About Mecha

This weekend I returned to Geek Gab to talk mecha with my old partners in thought crime Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal. Contrasting with and complementing my appearance on David Stewart's stream, which encompassed the whole mecha genre, Saturday's Geek Gab episode featured a deep dive into my own Combat Frame…
January 6, 20209 Comments
Combat Frame Data: HBC-40 Stapfen

Combat Frame Data: HBC-40 Stapfen

HBC-40 Stapfen Technical Data Model number: HBC-40 Classification: general use combat frame Manufacturer: Hainan Aerospace in partnership with Wehrbund Bavaria Operator: Wehrbund Bavaria First deployment: CY 40 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19 meters Weight: dry weight 75 metric tons, full weight 83 metric tons Armor type: titanium/palladium glass/ceramic composite Powerplant: cold fusion reactor, max output 1850…
January 3, 20207 Comments
Newpub Talk

Newpub Talk

Last night I had a lively and wide-ranging conversation with author David V. Stewart on his Newpub Talk show. The billed subject was the mecha genre, but we ended up chatting about the pulps, writing, tips, and Dino Riders, among other topics. David is always fun and interesting to talk…
January 2, 202013 Comments
Supervillainy

Supervillainy

Ask most people their opinion of pre-democratic societies, and aside from a few D&D nerds, most will decry the monarchies and aristocracies of yore as tyrannical nightmares. The king and his barons--possibly with some oversight from the Church--made all the important policy decisions, and the common man got no vote.…
December 30, 201925 Comments
Boiling Off

Boiling Off

The local diocese is talking about closing the parish church I attended throughout grade school, so my family and I returned to celebrate Christmas there. The beautiful Romanesque building stands in stark contrast to the UFO churches where I live now, and in my absence someone had done the mercy…
December 27, 201917 Comments
Today in the City of David

Today in the City of David

Christ the Savior is born! And I boldly affirm that today, December 25, really is the date of Jesus' birth. Zechariah was in the priestly course of Abijah. Thus he served in the temple in the 8th and 32nd week of the year. Luke's Gospel has him serving on the…
December 25, 201914 Comments
XSeed Book 3 Launch

XSeed Book 3 Launch

You've been good this year, so here's a Christmas treat. The third thrilling Combat Frame XSeed installment is now available for Kindle! It’s not over. Genius or madman? Monster or Savior? Arthur Wake is missing in action. His fragile HALO alliance shatters under the Coalition’s counterattack. Desperate to recoup their…
December 24, 20194 Comments