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When Twitterati Troll Women in Action Films

So I came across a tweet on twitter from someone I follow named “Mara Jade” (@OG_MaraJade). It was a retweet of this. I followed the link to the source and came up with |Blake| the Villain (@Enemies_Allies) who originated the image. He also said “This was a very successful tweet. They literally just expose themselves.” […]

Featured Promotion for “Buried in the Sands of Time”

Since Dastaan World once again has seemed to have crashed and burned, my previously accepted stories The Unreal Man and Surtr and the Phoenix have been “unaccepted,” which kind of stings. This is why I was excited when I saw the notice at Zombie Pirate Publishing featuring my story Buried in the Sands of Time. […]

The Presence of Justice

Originally posted on Morning Meditations:
Photo credit: KIVI Staff – Black Lives Matter protest in front of the Idaho State Capitol There’s quite a push in social media and in the news regarding phrases like “silence is concent” and “silence is violence.” In other words, if you are white and you don’t say something about…

Dastaan World Magazine Has Accepted “The Unreal Man” for Publication

Would it be too much to say that I’ve been waiting all my life for this story to see the light of day? Well, maybe not all my life, but Jonathan Cypher has been part of me in one incarnation or another for over forty years. Mark at Dastaan Magazine just accepted “The Unreal Man” […]

Lyla El Fayomi’s “Terminum” Revisited

You may have read my review of Lyla El-Fayomi‘s novel Terminum about ten days or so ago. As I mentioned in the original review, I wrote it for Reedsy Discovery at their invitation. Today, my review went live. I was surprised at the response. Ms. El-Fayomi made her name unavailable on the review and presumably […]

My Short Story “Surtr and the Phoenix” Has Just Been Accepted by “Dastaan World Magazine”

My short story “Surtr and the Phoenix” has been accepted into an issue of Dastaan World Magazine, a Pakistan-based periodical, with the theme “Rebirth” I’d originally written the tale as a charity submission to an Australian publication trying to raise funds for victims of the Australian Bushfires early this year. They rejected it, which is […]

My Copy of “A Mighty Fortress” Has Arrived

Some time ago, I announced that my short story “The Deseret War” had been published in the Immortal Works anthology A Mighty Fortress: A Mormon Steampunk Anthology Book 4 edited by Holli Anderson. There was some sort of snafu with the mailing, and I never got my copy of the book… …until today. Enjoy, and […]

Book Review of “Terminum”

Disclosure: This is my first review of an indie SciFi book for Reedsy Discovery. In exchange for a free digital copy of a book, they ask that the writer craft a review of between 300 to 400 words in length and have it published on their site prior to a specific date. Basically, it’s free […]

Saturn Writing Challenge?

With so much going on in my life just now, I said I wouldnt try to do this, but the theme is so compelling. I mean, I can probably write between 12,500-15,000 words in a week (starting tomorrow), but would it be any good? Saturn. My favorite planet (outside of Earth) in the solar system []

Announcement: Zombie Pirate Writing Week 2020

Im passing this along from Sam Phillips blog Big Confusing Words. Hes the co-founder of Zombie Pirate Publishing and they first held this event last year. I sent in an entry last year (it wasnt selected). Thinking about it again this year, but my schedule is about to undergo a radical change, so I may []