The following is the first scene in my free novelette, Hypnic Noir. It is included in my collection of short fiction, The Distant Edge of […]
Crypto: the Key to Post-Scarcity (part 1 of 2)
A dollar in your pocket is a dollar not in mine. That’s how capitalism works, the system we all lived with since birth. For most […]
The Flawed/Likeable Main Character of Cory Doctorow’s Attack Surface
The main character of my military sci-fi litRPG, Charlie Foxtrot Zero, might have come on too strong for some readers. John Easterbrook starts off—and is […]
Anything But New Year’s Resolutions
I chose the 12 Week Year to make my upcoming plan for both my writing business and fitness. The quarterly plans made sense to me. […]
Alan Dean Foster vs. the Disney Death Star
On March 11th of 2009, Comedy Central aired the South Park season premiere, The Ring. In it, Mickey Mouse is portrayed as the crass, foul-mouthed, […]
Can The Three-Body Problem Be Separated From Cixin Liu?
Warning: This article deals with adult subjects such as incest, sexual abuse of minors, and bestiality. If these subjects upset you, maybe you should give […]
I Hate Mystery Boxes Because…
Spoiler alert for Rise of Skywalker. But if you haven’t seen it, do yourself a favor. Don’t. I stopped watching Lost in the second season. […]
The Neckbeard Fallacy: “Get Woke; Go Broke”
Howling neckbeards have presented their antifeminist agenda as if it was reality. These basement dwellers have been using rhetoric to push their bad faith arguments. […]
Star Wars and 4 Corner Opposition
The first novel I wrote—one that no one will ever, ever read—was written using The Snowflake Method. The Snowflake Method might be useful if you […]
Tornado Mayhem in the Mountains
My debut novel, Dreaming Alejandro, is a metaphysical science fiction romance nestled in a climate fiction setting. The worst-case scenario of climate change is about […]
Dissection of a Fight Scene [NSFW] [ANIMATED GORE]
In preparation for my next book, I read Writing Fight Scenes by Rayne Hall. I figured I should make sure I know how to write […]