Tag: Science Fiction
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What I Don’t Do
Many professional authors will tell you what they do. This isn’t my default. Via Negativa shaped my way of life more deeply than Via Positiva. Instead, I’m going to talk about what I don’t do. I don’t do genre conventions. The book market has its genres, and every genre has its tropes. Readers and writers…
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The 2026 EPIC Indie Summer Sale Is Live!
150 indie SFF books. Many are $0.99. The rest are free. Welcome to the 2026 EPIC Indie Summer sale! Participating this year is a crop of promising SFF talent, as well as veterans of the indie SFF scene, including John C Wright, Declan Finn, and Carlos Carrasco. Needless to say, I am also part of…
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Babylon White is Live!
Alas, Babylon! Once the greatest megacity in the history of the world, Babylon spirals into madness and chaos. Ravenous Husks flood the streets in an all-consuming tide. Abominations crawl out of the hidden places to feast on the city’s corpse. The authorities are overwhelmed and overrun. The balance of power broken at last, the surviving…
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Where Babylon Ends
Every story has an ending. It’s probably an unpopular notion among certain writers these days. The money lies in series fiction. The longer the series, the more money you earn. You only end the series when the money stops flowing in. I don’t follow that philosophy. Most certainly not for Babylon. Which is why I’m…
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Where Babylon Began
7 years. It’s been 7 years since I started work on Babylon. Now that the Kickstarter for the final volume is here—and just $31 away from completion!—let’s return to the beginning. Let’s return to where Babylon began. The genesis of Babylon, like most of my stories, lay in an image seared fever-bright into my mind.…
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Babylon White is 62% funded!
Babylon White is off to an amazing start. It’s only Day Two and we’re already 62% funded. It’s the fastest-progressing campaign I’ve handled so far. I’m grateful for the generous support of the backers. The multitalented Jacob Calta recently produced two video trailers promoting both Babylon White as well as our cross-promotion. Check them out…