Off to SLCCC

I'm heading off to the Salt Lake City Comic Con tomorrow. I planned and booked the trip before I found out that Souldancer is a Dragon Award finalist. Otherwise I'd have gone to Dragon Con, but Larry Correia will be at SLCCC, and it should be a good time anyway.…
August 30, 20166 Comments
There Will Be No SFF Reconciliation

There Will Be No SFF Reconciliation

Only replacement of the intellectually, morally--and often physically--sick post-Campbellian fans, editors, and publishers who came to dominate the field in the 1970s. The SFF "Field" Baen author Brad R. Torgersen relates his experiences with the SJW monoculture in SFF: The mandarins of SF/F expend a lot of energy wrapping themselves…
August 29, 20168 Comments
Souldancer Makes Amazon’s Top 100 Free eBooks

Souldancer Makes Amazon’s Top 100 Free eBooks

Yesterday I kicked off a free giveaway in support of my Dragon-nominated SF/horror novel Souldancer. The idea was to make my book available to Dragon Award voters much as Hugo voters receive a free packet containing many of the works nominated for that award.. Giving voters easy access to nominated…
August 24, 20164 Comments
Souldancer Is Free on Amazon

Souldancer Is Free on Amazon

The only good reason to become a professional writer is having stories that you are maniacally driven to share with people. The only way to stay a pro author is to write for your fans--not for editors, not for critics, and not for yourself. Most authors are insecure introverts who…
August 23, 201618 Comments
Hugos 2016: The Canary in Worldcon’s Coal Mine

Hugos 2016: The Canary in Worldcon’s Coal Mine

The 2016 Hugo Awards were held this past weekend at Worldcon in Kansas City, MO. If you only get your news from the same legacy outlets that libeled Sad Puppies leaders Larry Correia, Brad Torgersen, and Kate Paulk, you probably buy the Narrative that a cabal of right wing extremists…
August 22, 201613 Comments

H.P. Lovecraft and Larry Correia: The Stars Are Right Again

It's been another eventful year in science fiction. What better time, with H.P. Lovecraft and Larry Correia's shared birthday occurring on the same day as the Hugo Awards, to repost this classic? Today should be a global holiday for horror geeks. For on this day, the stars aligned not once,…
August 20, 20167 Comments
Hugo Award Ceremony Tonight

Hugo Award Ceremony Tonight

The 2016 Hugo Awards ceremony will be held tonight, viz. August 20, 2016, at 8:00 PM Central Daylight Savings Time. If you'd like to listen in, the event will be streamed live via UStream. If you're averse to schoolmarmish hosting and wooden assholes, Rabid Puppies will be holding their own…
August 20, 201614 Comments
Author Marketing 101: Social Media Profiles

Author Marketing 101: Social Media Profiles

A friend and fellow writer recently asked for help building his online brand. Since my advice is generally applicable to any author engaged in online marketing--which should be all them--I thought I'd share it here. Profiles Your profile pages on various social media sites are among your most powerful marketing…
August 17, 20165 Comments

Live Stream Roundup

Once again, I come before you to share the fruits of another podcast-heavy weekend! First up: a frank discussion with my new author friend Justin on his live stream Writers Talking. Writers Talking Justin is a smart and capable guy. I like to see writers like him get a chance,…
August 16, 20164 Comments
io9 Reports on the Dragon Awards. Misses the Point

io9 Reports on the Dragon Awards. Misses the Point

Gawker Media-owned science fiction blog io9 weighed in on Dragon Con's announcement of the finalists for their inaugural Dragon Awards. As anyone who's been following the controversy over the Hugo Awards will have come to expect, io9 completely missed the point. You don't really need to look any further than the…
August 15, 201624 Comments