I’ve written, before, about my admiration for the legendary animator and artist Hayao Miyazaki. He has produced some of the most moving and beautiful works of art in Japanese cinema. My personal favorite is Porco Rosso, but others are more likely familiar with his works Spirited Away or My Neighbor Totoro. Or perhaps the most … More Artificial Intelligence: An Insult to Life Itself.
[10 Minutes] “One long brutal gut-punch packaged in gorgeous animation and cutesy animals.” … More Laser-Guided Grief in Spiritfarer
We’ve incentivized extreme behavior, but the root cause lies deeper. … More The Economy of Extremism
I love VR, but also it scares me. … More The Profound and Disturbing Implications of Virtual Reality
Art is in a very strange place right now, leaving for a lot of artistic freedom and not a lot of financial incentive. … More Freedom of Expression
I love language. In part, I love language because of how it helps us overcome basic confusion and try, in a fumbling way, to speak our full thoughts to each other. I had a lot of fun in my book giving the hero an “auto-translate” ability that allowed him to understand all languages (Incidentally, I’m … More On Misusing and Misunderstanding the Term “Racist.”
Hey, my book has a free promotion going on! Go onto Amazon and grab a free copy! (Or a paperback. We have it in paperback now). Today’s the last day it’s running. I’d have told you earlier, but I have work I’m doing now and time is precious. I had a much longer idea I … More Writing and Revision (Plus the first chapter of Book 2!)
I wanted to post on why I wrote the book the way I did–with horribly crude language and confrontational dialogue on taboo issues. … More Why I wrote my book the way I did (Also, it’s out now.)
I’m starting to suspect I might never talk to an actual literary agent. I have, by this point, two and a half novels sitting on my computer. Everybody thinks their own work is amazing, naturally, yet I do feel pretty confident that these novels are better than many others I’ve read on the market. (Seriously, … More Best laid plans
I recently picked up World War Z by Max Brooks. It’s a good read. Haven’t seen the movie, so can’t compare, but the use of disjointed narratives to paint a global picture of the zombie near-apocalypse is ingenious and used well. Max Brooks gets to cover nearly every possible reaction to the zombie apocalypse, … More Zombies vs. Martyrs
The Solomon Code 