Hecklers vs Critics

Hecklers vs Critics

I've been getting a lot of requests for writing advice lately. Knowing how to recognize and take constructive criticism is among the most important skills a writer can master, so I've dug this post out of the vaults. Writers tend to be introverts. Most of us also crave external validation.…
July 11, 20192 Comments
Policy Rationale

Policy Rationale

Online dissident circles were abuzz yesterday with word that technocleric Mark Zuckerberg had issued a fatwa against the infidels on his company's index of Dangerous Individuals. The uproar broke out when alt-lite journalist Paul Joseph Watson discovered an ominous update to Facebook's community standards allowing threats of "high-severity violence" against…
July 10, 201918 Comments
Green Giant

Green Giant

My crypto-reader returns will a spiritual successor to the tale he shared last time. So, I was just out visiting my cop buddy in Indiana for the first time in two years, and he was regaling me with the backlog of Tales of Rural Police Adventures while we're out target…
July 9, 20193 Comments
Dark Age Fantasy

Dark Age Fantasy

Every religion provides its adherents with an origin story--an explanation for who the faithful are and how their creed came to be. Nu-atheism is no exception. Some would argue that atheism isn't a religion but a lack of belief. Science and logic prove this claim false. Human beings are wired…
July 8, 201911 Comments
Together or Separately Again

Together or Separately Again

This post would be evergreen even if current events didn't make it especially timely. Word to the wise. The legacy media propaganda machine is currently mobilizing for a two minutes hate against Dr. Jordan Peterson. Apparently the good doctor went on the Beeb to point out some basic facts about…
July 3, 201911 Comments
Crotch Worship

Crotch Worship

Let this recent Twitter exchange serve to remind you that atheism is incompatible with traditionalism and nationalism.         Materialist atheists are not of the Right because they do not share the Right's essential motives. Historically, the Right were defined as those who supported throne and altar against…
July 2, 201917 Comments
How to Twitter

How to Twitter

Embarrassing admission time: I have a chronic case of boomer tech when it comes to social media. Longtime readers know I relentlessly advocate for elevating publishing out of the oldpub tar pits and into the newpub promised land. I'm the first to ditch obsolete publishing bromides and embrace newly emergent…
July 1, 20196 Comments
How Does Your Magic Work?

How Does Your Magic Work?

A loyal reader writes: Slowly developing world, characters, etc., but in Reddit's /r/worldbuilding, someone came up with this prompt: How does your magic work? https://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/c6csar/how_does_your_magic_work/ I (/u/Alkalannar) make the comment that goes with your old-school Actual Magic definition from How to Design Magic Systems. It has twice the number of…
June 28, 201930 Comments
Worth it Just for Wright’s Story

Worth it Just for Wright’s Story

Professional philosopher Dr. Eve Keneinan recently tweeted her review of Forbidden Thoughts from Superversive Press. Here are some selected highlights. Eve dispenses gracious praise and fair criticism. What more could a prospective reader ask for? On a personal note, it was a total blast and a career highlight to work alongside…
June 27, 20199 Comments
They All Float

They All Float

In the midst of a recent Twitter debate with author Jon Del Arroz over the comic book industry's blacklisting of Conservative Christians, Bleeding Cool Head Writer Rich Johnston made himself the latest candidate for the Witch Test.     Once again, the pure element rejects those who consort with evil.…
June 26, 201913 Comments