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Another Standing For Liberty Promo Post

How this came about:

Some of you are probably aware of the kerfuffle where Devon Eriksen was kicked out (on spurious grounds) from a contest he never entered because he said things the left does not like on X. But that’s not important, right now…

In the aftermath I realized that between the left’s penchant for organizing and being noisy in groups, as opposed to us individualists which fail to organize, a lot of indie writers on the right side of the spectrum — or at least to the right of L...

The Years Undone

In the scattered files on this computer — and partly in handwritten notebooks in my office closet — there is a halfway written novel called The Years Undone.

It’s about the Red Baron — No, not the one where he’s a dragon shifter. I don’t know why I have two completely different novels with the same historical person. It’s not the first time, though — and therefore by extension about World War I. Or at least the aftermath of WWI. It is actually not a coincidence that I have two novels with...

Writers (and others) Standing For Liberty Promo Post

So how I started this new hobby that’s eating my evenings was like this:

Some of you are probably aware of the kerfuffle where Devon Eriksen was kicked out (on spurious grounds) from a contest he never entered because he said things the left does not like on X. But that’s not important, right now…

Or rather, it’s super important and it was heartening to see people stand up against the cancel crowd.

However in the aftermath I realized that a lot of the newer indies assumed (because trad...

The Longevity Problem by Orvan Ox

The Longevity Problem by Orvan Ox

Anyone of any non-trivial age “knows too many dead people.” And while it’s normal, if unpleasant, to lose older relatives (great grandparents if you were even lucky enough to meet any, grandparents, parents, and various aunts/uncles etc.) it’s not just relatives. It’s friends and acquaintances. Heck, for some there were only voices heard/conversed with “over the air”…For example, I never met AA9Y, the self-described drug dealer – he was a pharmacist, but ...

Authors Standing For Freedom, special book promo

So, this is what happened:

Some of you are probably aware of the kerfuffle where Devon Eriksen was kicked out (on spurious grounds) from a contest he never entered because he said things the left does not like on X.

However for me the enlightening moment came after, when I realized a lot of beginning writers who were on the side of liberty, or at least to the right of Lenin, assumed everyone else writing fiction was a leftist. So, they tried to fit in with groups of leftists, keeping their...

Good Boys And Girls Get Stars

Let’s start with true confessions! I never really liked school. Oh, I did well in it, and when I was in college I did more hours than were reasonable, plus took outside courses, too. But the goal there was to graduate faster and also to have diverse enough credentials to get a good job when I finished. (Turns out this was nullified by the one simple trick of marrying someone from another country and moving there.)

The reason I didn’t like it was that the information they were trying to ...

The Special Book Promo Goes On

Some of you are probably aware of the kerfuffle where Devon Eriksen was kicked out (on spurious grounds) from a contest he never entered because he said things the left does not like on X.

In the aftermath of this I became aware of how many of “our people” (defined as political positions to the right of Lenin) who are indie have no idea that a lot of writers/storytellers are on their side. There is the assumption, fostered by traditional publishing, that all writers and artists are “of course...

Grab Your Mallet

I’ve been trying to explain how I feel with what’s happening in the country, and with what Doge is doing…

Beyond becoming addicted to the Doge site… which is sad and pathetic, but then you guys knew that. I mean, that I’m at severe risk of becoming addicted.

But there is a feeling behind all this, and I finally pinned it. It’s the feeling when the wall came down in Berlin.

I don’t think I can fully explain how amazing, wonderful, shocking and maybe a little scary it was to those of...

Book Promo And Vignettes By Luke, Mary Catelli and ‘Nother Mike – Special edition

The Special Edition Book Promo – It Begins!

Today’s edition of book promo and vignettes begins what will probably be a book promo a night week. There is a reason for this.

Some of you are probably aware of the kerfuffle where Devon Eriksen was kicked out (on spurious grounds) from a contest he never entered because he (being libertarian) is obviously a “fascist”. The truth is Devon is very free with his opinions on X and even though I don’t always agree with him (I don’t always agree with...

The Memes of Love

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