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The State Of The Shean

Hi folks! As you can see, I’m getting back into posting content here on the main website – I’m usually updating on Facebook and Tumblr, as that is where the majority of reader attention seems to be, but I’m planning … Continue reading →

So Let’s Talk About “The Fappening”

People really can suck sometimes. So over this weekend, a hacker (or hackers) released a massive cache of very personal photographs and videos belonging to famous young women cribbed off Apple’s iCloud service. This included the likes of Jennifer Lawrence … Continue reading →

The Capaldi Cometh!

Hiyo! This weekend as pretty busy for me, but you better believe that I had time to sit down and watch the opening episode of Doctor Who. Now I’m a huge fan of the show – the Fourth was my … Continue reading →

A Request From My Friend and Fellow Author, Tony Healey.

Hi, long time no write.  Things have been extremely busy, and I’ve been neglecting things here in blogland in favor of writing – I’ll be fixing that, thanks largely in part to my new assistant, Tom.  Tom is good people.  … Continue reading →

Feminism Has Ruined Me.

Feminism has ruined me.  I came to this conclusion this weekend while having dinner with family and talking with them about different topics on which the gender lines were, let us say, divided – that I am very much no longer … Continue reading →

So Why Don’t We Talk About Worldbuilding In Sci-Fi (But Also Other Fiction, Sure) For Just A Second.

Worldbuilding is the fucking best, no lie. It is also the fucking worst, no lie. Here is some advice from yours truly about worldbuilding, having written novels that are at times straight up love letters to the concept: DO: Build … Continue reading →

Five Points For Male Authors Who May Be Unsure As To How To Include Women In Their Novels

(Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Just Write Women Because It Isn’t Hard And Is Very, Very Necessary.) Mostly this is aimed at my fellow white dudes, but it works really well for anyone who is male or … Continue reading →

Guest Post: Author David Hulegaard!

Hello hello! Given that I’m elbows-deep in working on the last book of the Wonderland Cycle, a task which is proving extremely time-consuming (it’s going to be a huge book, and there’s a lot of work ahead of me yet,) … Continue reading →

Eleven Years Without My Neighbor.

The best neighbor you could ever have. I am not a very pleasant person sometimes. In fact, a good friend of mine fairly routinely describes me as a ‘dark-hearted motherfucker’. That’s pretty accurate, I feel. I am angry, cynical, and … Continue reading →

The Primitives Are Writing The Future.

So I was going to write this long, rambling, angry post about the crazy sexism going on with certain members of the SFWA and the SWFA bulletin. Then there’s this jackass, and of course The Great Fedora. I mean Fodera. … Continue reading →