Read What They Read
God bless this modern age of ours. The last few posts here have been railing about how they just don’t make them like they used to, and it turns out that we can still read the Narrative-free tales of yesterday without combing the used book sales and flea markets...
Why Johnny Doesn’t Read, An Exercise
Let’s run a little experiment together, shall we? Open Google, and enter, ‘Why Men Don’t Read,” into the search bar. The first few articles should be worth a laugh. First up, Why Men Don’t Read: How Publishing is Alienating Half the Population Color me impressed! I was ready to...
Johnny Got His Paperback
The world needs more men’s adventure fiction. You’ve probably seen at least one click-bait article featuring a series of garish and campy covers for the men’s adventure fiction magazines from the 1950s and 1960s. They feature bright colors, exclamation points, and outrageous article titles, “Weasels Ripped My Flesh” being...
Being a Better Writer
This post isn’t about better writing, it’s about being a better writer. As I write this, the TV above my head is blaring the tedious drama of ghetto dwelling reprobates. Two more of that ilk sit across from in in the auto shop waiting room. Their undisciplined children...
Worst. Ex-President. Ever.
It’s never too early to start looking forward to the end of the Obama reign. As that blessed day draws near, let’s take a look at what his ex-Presidency holds in store for the world. Traditionally, out of respect for the newly inaugurated President, history, and the American people,...
On Fiverr
If you are an independent writer, and you’re chucking self-edited works into the marketplace, then you should be ashamed. Professional editors are some of the easiest things in the world to find. Here’s what you do: Go to Fiverr. Search for Editing. Pay around five bucks per 2,000 words...
On the Alt-Right and Being Your Own Man
This Evil Has Many Axes You’re reading a guy who spent half a decade languishing in one of the internet’s ghetto’s, poking the proto-SJWs until they finally ran him off for not conforming to the “Diversity Uber Alles” party line. After a few months of wandering the internet wilderness, he...
The Deep Breath Before The Plunge
Soon my first honest-to-goodness for sale on its own merits title goes up for sale on Amazon.com. Hot Sun, Cold Fury is the first in a series of men’s adventure stories featuring Karl Barber, a regular man of action who dives into trouble to save those who most need...
Why Appeasement Never Works
The following discussion was seen on G+, where a significant portion of the most interesting discussions on the internet is taking place outside the view of most of SF/F fandom. The impetus for the discussion was GenCon’s list of Featured Presenters for 2016, which consisted of 50 percent women, and...
On Authenticity, Part One
No thank you, you don’t look like you believed me the first time. One of the less fortunate aspects of this modern world is it’s overwhelming reliance on sarcasm and irony. Much like the Red Pill itself, once you notice the pervasive use of sarcasm in modern conversation, you...