Sep 17Why You Shouldn’t be the First to Write a Fables StoryDISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, and I am neither allowed nor qualified to give legal advice. What follows is my understanding based on owning and operating a publishing company for over 15 years and having worked in a Canadian law firm as a researcher. …Comic Books5 min readComic Books5 min read
May 18G.J. Meyer’s A World Undone and How Bad History HappensNOTE: This story has been edited for accuracy. (August 4, 2023) A World Undone: The Story of the Great War 1914–1918, by G.J. Meyer, is not a good popular history book. As histories of the Great War go, it has some truly bad takes, and anybody reading it is likely…History16 min readHistory16 min read
Feb 26What the Fantasy Genre REALLY NeedsPublishers. The fantasy genre needs more PUBLISHERS. And yes, this is a call to action. I’ve told this story before, but back in the early 2000s this film trilogy called The Lord of the Rings opened in theatres and was a massive hit. The big fantasy publishers glutted themselves with…Fantasy3 min readFantasy3 min read
Feb 23A Publisher’s Statement Regarding AI-Written SubmissionsYesterday, in response to the recent news of Amazon being flooded by AI-written books, I implemented a full ban on AI-generated submissions to my little publishing company, Legacy Books Press. Legacy Books Press will not consider any AI-written submission of any kind for publication, now or ever. But, this deserves…AI6 min readAI6 min read
Jan 15Gamergate — A WarningI was on the fence about writing this for a very long time, but I think there are things here that need to be said. If nothing else, somebody has to send up a proper alarm. A second Gamergate is now very likely. And, if it happens, it will be…GamerGate8 min readGamerGate8 min read
Dec 12, 2022A More Balanced Perspective on Book Covers with AI ArtThere’s a lot of heated discussion about AI art, people using it for creative projects like book covers, and a lot of people, frankly, talking alarmist nonsense about it. …Ai Art6 min readAi Art6 min read
Sep 3, 2022How The Rings of Power got diversity wrong (and House of the Dragon got it right)One of the truly remarkable things about Amazon’s The Rings of Power is not so much its focus on diversity, but the degree to which it managed to botch it. …Rings Of Power7 min readRings Of Power7 min read
Jun 22, 2022Amber Heard probably does NOT have a book dealYesterday, OK! Magazine published an exclusive story that Amber Heard, fresh off of her court loss for defamation against Johnny Depp, has inked a “Multi-Million Dollar” deal to write a tell-all book about her relationship with Depp. …Amber Heard4 min readAmber Heard4 min read
May 21, 2022“Resignation denied” — How a Single Scene Undermined the Worldbuilding and Credibility of Star Trek: Strange New WorldsOne scene. That’s all it took to undermine the worldbuilding of three episodes of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. With a single scene, the series made its setting feel artificial and removed the weight from one of the show’s key sources of moral conflict — what one should do vs…Star Trek6 min readStar Trek6 min read
May 20, 2022An open letter from an abuse survivor to the mainstream media covering the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trialDear mainstream media, Please shut your teeth. You heard me: shut your teeth. I’m the survivor of over thirty years of emotional and psychological abuse. The toll this abuse has taken on my mind and body is horrifying, and I will be dealing with its aftermath for years to come…Johnny Depp3 min readJohnny Depp3 min read
