Recent events surrounding the on-going Hugo / SFWA / sci-fi culture war recently prompted me to suggest to some author friends that we undertake a panel on professionalism. As a result, one of them (Betsy Dornbush) linked up a rather germane article by Hugo-award-winning author “Kameron Hurley on Trigger Warnings and Neil Gaiman.” I read […]
Of Language Ownership and the War for My Literary Soul Read More »
At the 2015 Superstars Seminar last week, I discovered what may be an extremely potent tool for writers at all levels of their career. The tool is Wattpad, and it’s likely you’ll see me vetting a number of different storylines there. Wattpad can best be described as a social media site for writers to share
Wattpad Added to Toolbox vis-a-vis SIGI Read More »
Seeing as I’m stuck at home this Halloween, I wanted to do my part for the spirit of the spooky holiday. The story is called “The Resurrection of Samhain,” which originally appeared in The Scribing Ibis: An Anthology of Pagan Fiction in Honor of Thoth from Bibliotheca Alexandrina in August, 2011 and again in in Out
A Halloween Short Story Treat… Read More »
I rarely go through the hubbub of catching block-buster movies when they first come out. I’m a bit of a recluse, and being around all those folks is not at the top of my list of “Things to do in Denver Before I Die.” However, after having seen Guardians of the Galaxy this past weekend,
Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Review Read More »
June promises to be the biggest, bestest, most sparkly month of my writing career… to date, at least. I’ve posted bits and pieces for the past couple of months, but I wanted to highlight today what I have going on. June 11th marks the release of two titles I’m very proud of. The first is Out
New QJA Titles in June! Read More »
One day of the convention has passed by. We pulled in at about 2:15 after an 8-hour drive from Denver to Omaha, Nebraska for OsFest5. Special thanks go out to Guy De Marco and his lovely wife T. L. De Marco for putting pretty much all of this even together for Peter J. Wacks and me. Last
OsFest5 Panel Schedule Read More »
Any of you Fletch, MiB, Retief, Bond, Bourne and Monty Python fans? All at once? I’m hoping you are, because I’ve decided to serialize the first of my Justin Case novels. It’s called Chemical Burn. Basically, it will be available chapter by chapter each week for free on both RuneWright and Diascribe, as well as at
Case is Coming… That’s Justin Case Read More »
