What are conventions? Should I attend? What do you do at conventions? What are panels? Can anyone be a panelist? These are questions most writers face sooner or later. The fact of the matter is, conventions are a remarkable opportunity … Continue reading
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Why does Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. exist? I’m not asking from an entertainment perspective, but from a real-world, we-have-to-live-with-supers perspective. Why have a top-secret organization mostly staffed by mundane people in a world constantly threatened by super-human beings? That doesn’t seem like … Continue reading
Science fiction can be either really awesome, really boring, or really hokey, depending on the decade and the writer. Nowadays its easy to get bored by space travel, annoyed by scienctific inaccuracies, and to let yourself wonder if the future … Continue reading
So there’s this author on Twitter. His name is Brian Rathbone, and he writes fantasy, and he likes dragons a lot. Like, maybe a little too much. From what I can tell he has at least half a dozen as … Continue reading
Hello, fair readers, Joel here. Today we’re participating in the cover reveal for J. Grace Pennington’s upcoming novel Firmament: Machiavellian! But you don’t get to just find it on here. (We’re evil writers, you think we’d give you that option?) … Continue reading
Banned books are among some of the best books in the world. After all, unpopular books aren’t worth the gasoline it takes to burn them, since they’ll soon lapse into obscurity on their own. And if a society or government … Continue reading
Avast, me hearties! What sort o’ nefarious mischief be ye up to today? What, don’t ye know? Tomorrow be International Talk Like A Pirate Day! It be time to get out yer pirate garb and brush up on that salty … Continue reading
Last year I wrote about my participation in “The Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen” hosted by everyone’s favorite prankster angel–Misha Collins. I unfortuanately had one bad experience with people who didn’t get into the spirit of … Continue reading