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Is Science Fiction Doomed After Generation X?

As the literary landscape shifts, we might be witnessing a significant transition in genre dominance. Science fiction, once a staple of speculative fiction, may be losing ground to fantasy, particularly among younger readers like Generation Z. The unique cultural and societal factors shaping Gen Z suggest that science fiction’s popularity…

September 3, 202418 Comments

Today We Rest From Our Labors

A chronic affliction of the American mind is the backwards notion that leisure serves work and not the other way around. Catholic philosopher Josef Pieper that people work to afford the luxury of leisure time. After all, that's ultimately why retirement plans and pensions are coveted parts of workers' compensation…

September 2, 20247 Comments

Lord of Fate Labor Day Limited Offer

Facing a long layover this weekend? Daunted by the prospect of daylong car trips today and Monday? Relax. I've got you covered! Announcing the Lord of Fate Labor day Limited Offer Just for all of you coach-class chillers, hardcore grillers, and grimdark thrillers out there, I've put together the single…

August 30, 20245 Comments

Authors: Grow the Pie or Die

A speech that's become infamous in science fiction circles is Michel and Wolheim's "Mutation or Death." While the change it argued for was socialism, it did have a point from a business perspective. To paraphrase Major Motoko Kusanagi, stagnation is slow death. Business models must grow and adapt to thrive,…

August 29, 2024No Comments

Talking With the Devil Box

A common criticism leveled at Baby Boomers by members of younger generations is that trying to change Boomers' minds with dialectical reason is like hitting your head against the wall. This intellectual stubbornness is summed up in the meme "When you're arguing with a Boomer, you're really arguing with the…

August 28, 20249 Comments

The Lord of Fate Kickstarter Is Live

This is your chance to get the book before launch & claim awesome rewards! The thrilling sequel to dark fantasy adventure The Burned Book is now on Kickstarter! A holy warrior plagued by doubt … A cloistered mystic yoked with rulership … A fated prophet seeking the powers of life and…

August 27, 20242 Comments

Lord of Fate Comes to Geek Gab

My gracious colleagues Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal invited me back on the venerable Geek Gab live stream last night. We talked cyberpunk and the Crow remake. And I gave viewers an early look at the imminent campaign for Arkwright Cycle Book II: Lord of Fate. Watch the replay here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSRIutFvkrw…

August 26, 2024No Comments

The Cavalry Ain’t Coming

Success in any contest, whether it's athletic, cultural, or spiritual, requires an understanding of the situation grounded in reality. That also means adhering to the time-tested maxim "Know thyself." The enemy in the current battle for Christendom's soul spent the past century on a long march through the institutions and…

August 23, 2024No Comments

The Book Industry in Chaos

It's been obvious for a while now to anyone who's not chasing unicorns that the book industry is in chaos. The sworn testimony given by editors, authors, and agents in the Penguin Random House-Simon and Schuster merger trial revealed that only 10 percent of oldpub titles move more than 2,000…

August 22, 20244 Comments

The Pros and Cons of Rapid Release

Because many of my valued neopatrons are newpub or newpub adjacent, my deep dive indie publishing tips usually get reserved for them. But every so often, I part the veil to give regular readers a glimpse of my patrons-only material. Today's post originated from a patron request to lay out…

August 21, 20241 Comment