A couple of months ago, I was discussing genre trends with my indie publishing mastermind group where we drew some fascinating connections between grimdark fantasy, noblebright fantasy, and Strauss-Howe generational theory. In that discussion, we came up with a theory that predicts when each type of fantasy (grimdark, nobledark, noblebright, and grimbright) will be ascendant,… Continue reading The Generational Cycles of Grimdark vs. Noblebright
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Unpublishing “Payday”
In the next few days, I’m going to unpublish my short story “Payday.” It will still be available in the collection In Times Such As These, but I think it’s about time that its run as a free short story single should come to a close. (For those of you who may not be familiar… Continue reading Unpublishing “Payday”
So… what now? Where do we go from here?
For the last several months, I’ve struggled to put my thoughts together into something that I felt was appropriate for this blog. Even though I allow myself to be political here, I’m also keenly aware that I have many readers who might enjoy my books and yet disagree with my politics. I don’t want my… Continue reading So… what now? Where do we go from here?
Any predictions for Trump: Season 5?
First off, how are you enjoying Trump: Season 4 so far? I have to admit, I was pretty skeptical at first. Seasons 1-3 were all building up to the impeachment, and when the writers threw in the SARS-COV-2 pandemic, I worried that the show was about to jump the shark. I mean come on—a global… Continue reading Any predictions for Trump: Season 5?
Blade Runner 2020
Saw this, couldn’t resist. We’ve got smoke here in Utah, too, but nowhere near as bad as California (for the moment). A couple of new fires started here in Utah Valley over the past week, and it looks like they may have been human caused, but the firefighters put them out very quickly. But whenever… Continue reading Blade Runner 2020
White Science Fiction and Fantasy Doesn’t Matter
If you are white, and you write science fiction or fantasy, it is only a matter of time before you are cancelled. This is the logical end of intersectional identity politics, which is really just the resurrected, zombified corpse of Marxism. White people are the oppressors. People of color are the oppressed. All white people… Continue reading White Science Fiction and Fantasy Doesn’t Matter
Denial and moral cowardice
I got into an interesting argument on a message board forum for writers in the last couple of days. We were discussing whether or not it’s a good idea to give Amazon exclusivity in order to sign onto Kindle Unlimited, and I pointed out that Amazon has donated tens of millions of dollars to the… Continue reading Denial and moral cowardice
A clear pattern
A clear pattern is emerging in the ongoing violent unrest that is currently sweeping the United States. It starts with a police shooting incident of a black or minority person. So far, it’s all been police, but I suppose it could also happen with a white-on-black shooting as well. Before the facts of the incident… Continue reading A clear pattern
Marxism is the new Black
The 21st century disciples of Karl Marx have a problem: all of Marx’s theories have been debunked, and all of his predictions have failed. The workers of the world never rose up. Capitalism never gave way to communism. The class wars ended because extreme poverty ceased to be a global issue. The labor theory of… Continue reading Marxism is the new Black
What have we learned from the BLM riots?
The driving forces of Antifa, the BLM movement itself, and most of the violence on the ground are far-left Marxists who seek to bring a Bolshevik-style revolution to the United States. Having failed to start a class war in the most prosperous country in the world, they are now substituting race for class in their… Continue reading What have we learned from the BLM riots?