INSTAGRAMED AND WIKIPEDIAED

A publisher once dismissed myaudience as a “noisy minority.” Since then I’ve been advising all minorities tomake more noise. I make a lot of noise myself.
The recent post here featuring JanKarlo’s post about Guerrilla Mural of a Siren’s Song: 15 Gonzo Science Fiction Stories on Instagram shows how this can make things happen. Karlo has since postedanother one about High Aztech, with another great quote:
Another great trippy sci-firead that takes you to different cities and planets, painting a psychedelicworld similar to blade runner. The virus that acts as the real main characteris a great vessel for the theme and message of the novel.
When I put it on Facebook, itgot more quotable reactions:
And it's true. You created an entireGenre! And will be remembered. Now if they could just heap that pile O cash atyour feet now, that would be great! - Selina Phanara
And:
This novel is so f*&^%g good I oncelet two stoned guys at a Con talk themselves into believing that *I* hadwritten it under my pseudonym of Ernest Hogan.” - Don Webb
I will be exploiting them allsoon . . .

And that’s not all, I’ve alsobeen written into a Wikipedia article, Speculative Fiction by Writers of Color,in the section on U.S Latino Authors Contributions of Speculative Fiction:
.. . Ernest Hogan comments on how being Chicano helped his speculative writingbecause being a Chicano is a science fiction state of being, since Chicanosexist between two cultures. Hogan integrated his Chicano culture into his workto reflect how different worlds can collide into stories while highlighting thestruggle of trying to feel connected to a specific culture.
Andin the Chicano Futurism Theme/Authors section:
Chicanofuturism is an emerging and vibrant community within U.S. literature and media.Latino speculative fiction, in particular, has witnessed a remarkable surge inpopularity and creativity. An illustrative example of this phenomenon is foundin "Smoking Mirror Blues" by Ernest Hogan. This work not onlycaptivates readers with its imaginative narrative but also delves deeply intothe complexities of Western rationalism, which is deeply entrenched in thepatriarchal history of modernity and colonialism.
Again,very exploitable, and fitting into my diabolical plans with my being in theforthcoming Chicanofuturism Now anthology . . .

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