Pulp enthusiast. Occasional critic and researcher. Enthusiastic fan of the other 60% of SFF.
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"Trouble is brewing on Mars... With civil war about to erupt, Eric John Stark has been sent to investigate an apocalyptic warlord recruiting mercenaries. Can Stark unravel the mysteries of the lost Martian tribe and pull Mars back from the brink of war?"
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You want magic school stories? I got your magic school stories right here, bud.
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The American ideal was once the man who could play football, quote Shakespeare, understand Newton, appreciate architecture, debate Aristotle, and sing in church.
Now we demand that 12-year-olds specialize in one sport and spend their adolescence building college résumés.
We used to cultivate men. Now we manufacture applicants.
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Discord is about to put your public messages on Google
Discord will start making messages from Discoverable public servers searchable on Google and other search engines from mid-December.
The feature is ON by default in most regions, but you can opt out:
User Settings → Data & Privacy → turn off “Show my message content from Discoverable channels on web pages.”
In the EU, UK, Canada, Brazil, Australia and South Korea, it will be OFF by default.
Private servers, DMs and group DMs are not included. Usernames and avatars won’t appear alongside indexed messages.
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According to a little anecdote from director Gore Verbinsky, director of the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" films
Geoffrey Rush (better known as Captain Hector Barbossa) was aware of the fact that, in the Western world, viewers habitually follow a film by looking at the screen from left to right, just like books.
In the scenes he always tried to stand on the left side of each frame to keep the audience's attention on his performance.
His attempts increased in intensity during the scenes he shared with Keira Knightley and the monkey.
The reason? According to the director, the answer was: "I'm sharing the frame with a beautiful actress and a very nice monkey... who would ever look at me?"
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New review of Son of Orkney!
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No, you stupid bastards, that doesn’t mean it’s SHORT.
It means it’s CLEAR. You can understand it because the language isn’t overly complex, it isn’t too involved, and it is successful at depicting the idea.
Some ideas take more words, but the language should always be clear.
Planning a week off of writing to brainstorm and refresh. So, reading John the Balladeer and Apothecary Diaries. But also looking for adventure movies for inspiration on daring daylight escapes.
Have two in mind, looking for suggestions on a few more.
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A lot of male authors ask me for guidance. My first piece of career advice: Don't waste time with oldpub.
Legacy publishers have said men are not their sort. So take them at their word, save yourself the frustration, and start earning by serving the readers they don't want.
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As I continue to say ad nauseum: Stop believing what you see on social media.
Life is just hard. Period. Build your fortune with your own blood, sweat, and tears. People want great stories!
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Agreed. Wanted to add:
Dracula, the Book, is a Gothic Horror Thriller about a group of heroes from all walks of life coming together to confront an immortal evil.
An immortal evil who seems to specifically enjoy the corruption and enslavement of women.
It's rare that you see Dracula, the character, portrayed as anything but a romantic and/or misunderstood character post the 90s.
It is quite literally the poster child for Post-Modern Deconstruction since more people know about the Tragic Hero than the Cancerous Degenerate Monster.
“Dracula” is about overcoming the complete embodiment of evil and the complete inversion of God’s created order through the power of the cross.
The archetype of the “vampire” is an inversion because he is undead rather than living, cannot be exposed to light, is parasitic rather than generative, and is often framed in the story as anti-Eucharistic.
And spoiler alert, the good guys win.
There are few stories more edifying for your soul than this classic horror novel.
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Walter Koenig made Star Trek history w/his voice cameo in the 2023 series finale of "Picard."
He didn't appear as Pavel Chekov; but rather President Anton Chekov, leader of the United Federation of Planets; the son of his original character.
The name was a tribute to Anton Yelchin, who'd died in 2016 and had played Chekov in the JJ Abrams films.
This made Walter the last of the original cast to appear in a Star Trek series.
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Amazon's new subscription model promises more choice for readers. But for independent authors already struggling with falling sales, is this another step towards a future where books are consumed rather than bought? Link to our article below.
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Reports that men don't read are based on Nielsen BookScan, which doesn't count indie.
Yet indie is 87% of the book industry.
Men didn't stop reading books, they stopped reading oldpub.
"Today, the Big Five publishers are staffed almost entirely by women. According to the most recent data, more than 70 percent of staffers are women. More than 70 percent of editors are women. Even 70 percent of all interns are women. At the executive level, more than 60 percent of leaders are women. In 2026, American publishing looks like lululemon."
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Once volume 1 of Amaranth Angels is finally done, I’ll be putting other stuff out. So I hope in 2027…
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I currently have a signup for my next book right now. Coming soon!
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When @elonmusk can launch a Falcon 9 or the Air Force can buy a fighter for less than the cost of a movie's production or video game production for one AAA title, the entertainment sector is in trouble.
