This month, I talk about Gender Portrayals and Genres over at Apex Book Company. In early science fiction and even horror, gender roles were often idealized according to the culture and the author’s views and experiences at the time the work was written. A good example of that are the few female characters in H.P. […]
Month: February 2010
Writing and Conventions
For the past, few months I’ve been taking a serious look at my short-term and long-term goals, and I’ve come to some pretty interesting conclusions. When I look back at the projects that I have published, I realized that I have just as many that fell through the cracks due to bad business partnerships, horrible […]
On Writing a Historically-Accurate Paranormal Short Story
Currently, I’m working on revisions for a short story entitled THE QUEEN OF CROWS that will be released as part of a digital product through Flames Rising Press. Set in the late 1800s, the plot revolves around a Navajo medicine man who is trying to summon a vengeance goddess called Mahochepi, the Queen of Crows. […]
This Is Not Another Amazon Post
If you haven’t heard, there was a bit of an awkward business kerfluffle between Amazon and MacMillan this past weekend. No, I am not talking extensively about it other than to say that I believe we are seeing the result of what happens when people are anxious and start to panic. E-Books are a hot […]