A promotional photo of the man in question Well, well, well. Take a look at this sorry tale of hubris and nonsense. The summary: Logan Paul is a popular YouTube star who went to the quite famous Aokigahara forest in Japan, a.k.a. the 'suicide forest', to make a video....
All art is political. I would venture to say that, even further, art is inescapably political; every single part of it, from conception to production to end product, is imbued with politics and privilege. Our ability to create art is shaped by our political...
So... have you heard about the raging dumpster fire that is the newest comic iteration of Captain America? If not, you can go here for the short version, plus a little more context on why it's a dumpster fire etc etc. Very long story short, Captain America is now a...
I have written before about the Hugo Awards. Now that the finalists are in for this year, I have some thoughts. Well... I have one thought, really. The Hugos are irrelevant. Go ahead and ask me about how I feel about being on the same side as the Rabid Puppies, in...
Guys. GUYS. I sat down and watched Reclaiming the Blade. I was planning to live-tweet it, but honestly, I was just too engrossed in it. It's EXCELLENT.Well... mostly excellent. The voice-over by John Rhys-Davies was completely superfluous. I wanted much more of Bob...
The interesting, and difficult, thing about being a writer is that you must usually write about things that are outside your experience. The wonderful thing about being a writer is that your writing is enriched by your experience. Being a fantasy writer, this begs the...
After another productive conversation with one of my most esteemed friends, I got to thinking about exposition. Funnily enough, I believe I have quite a bit to say about exposition, mostly in the context of novel-writing. Brace yourself, because this is going to be a...
After a conversation with another esteemed writer friend, I got to thinking about criticism, and how we as authors should parse it when it's given. It's a funny thing, really. Most of us are terrified of it because it can strike so deeply, but it's absolutely required...
So you've got this native people, okay, and they are "more in tune with nature" and therefore have no indoor toilets or shoes, and they have Issues, man. Issues that are usually insurmountable for them (because they don't have access to modern plumbing, of course) but...
Dr. Martin Luther King There is racism in books. There is a big problem with racism and representation in books, especially books from the traditional publishing houses and - I don't even fucking know anymore. I've seen some stuff on Twitter that's making me want to...
You know, I don't like ranting. Sometimes it's cathartic, but mostly it's just venting because, once again, the world has turned out to be a crappy place that I wish would just get its shit together. Which brings me to this new insanity: the latest Captain America...
I admit to being jaded sometimes, and it's not without reason - see all my previous posts on popular media, for example. So call this the latest in a long, stupid string of failures which has most certainly ceased to surprise me. Hollywood has a problem with...