There are a number of great science fiction and fantasy authors who feel that the Hugo awards have become irrelevant because the folks voting–only those who are members of Worldcon–do not represent science fiction and fantasy fandom. Brad Torgersen describes it with this Venn diagram. But this is not only about the fact that the
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On November 24th last year, a little over 13 months ago, I released my first indie title—Servant: The Dark God Book 1. That release was the official rise from the sideways swamp crash I had with Tor Books. BTW, sideways swamp crashes in publishing, which can be caused by all sorts of reasons, are not
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“Mandate” is one of the stupidest words used in politics today. A mandate is an order, a command from the boss. A requirement. Some restaurant owners mandate their employees wash their hands after using the bathroom. I personally like restaurant owners who mandate that. States mandate that people who drive cars have car insurance. I
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Sometimes I think some of us indies get this weird attachment syndrome and start thinking we’re Amazon. Joe Konrath recently hosted a blog-conversation with Lee Child about the whole Amazon vs. traditional publishers thing. The Passive Voice had an active discussion about it as well. Kudos to Lee Child for yet again showing up and injecting
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Back in 2011 I wrote a post titled “Since when did young adult fiction become the cure for cancer?” It was a response to all the YASaves hysteria. The main point of my amazing post (grin) was that the people complaining about some YA content wanted not to ban books, but to simply have a
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