An ugly ass book cover is something that generally bugs the absolute hell out of me, both as a reader and a writer. Originally I wrote about this on my blog, but it’s been about a year so I’...
Read MoreIn honor of A.B. Patterson’s newest release coming out Harry’s Grail, I have to share what bad assery “The Bad Boy Of Australian Crime Fiction” brings to the table. If you’re down to clown f...
Read MoreIn light of the adapted Netflix miniseries of this property, I decided to re-read this again, especially since Netflix obviously didn’t read the book and chose to tell this from the perspect...
Read MoreA lot of people reading this are going to be like, who is Donald Goines? Donald Goines is that type of writer where you just have to say “motherfucker” at least ten times no matter what you...
Read MoreCompanies like Amazon are literally the fucking devil in the details in modern publishing. Authors across the board should be avoiding them like the plague, but the idea that they are “the o...
Read MoreSledge vs. The Labyrinth is just so fucking good. I initially did this review on my site after I stumbled upon it on a great recommendation from an author friend of mine. Once I started it ...
Read MoreToday’s book review is brought to you by the letter C, for the Canadian bad ass that defied all the rules, made her own lane in her own due time, and then at the height of her dominance got ...
Read MoreThere’s a lot of talk on Substack about “dudelit”, specifically men being able to write heterosexual tough guy men stories like The Mechanic or any type of male character you could think of ...
Read MoreOne thing I don’t see a lot of writers and publishers talking about in this day and age are Pussy Grabber’s tariffs and their effect on continuing the never ending destruction of American Li...
Read MoreWhen Brother Melvin (Melvin Van Peebles for the squares that don’t know) died in 2021, it was a blow. For better or worse, as an independent artist, he is a pioneer, a mentor and example of ...
Read MoreMy latest novel Flicking The Bic, for those that are not in the know, is a prequel sequel to two novels - one is my debut novel Ghosts On The Block Never Sleep and the other is Vern Smith’s ...
Read MoreThis week I’m tapping into my 1980s kid moment and reviewing that timeless classic, Green Eggs And Ham by the beloved Dr. Seuss. For all of you that are not hip, it’s a prophetic saga about ...
Read MoreOne of the coolest Semper Fi chicks on Substack, Kristin McTiernan at Fictional Influence, did a piece about Talent Not Being Enough in the literary sphere, which was inspired on a mutual su...
Read MoreAlright boys and girls, I’m back in the saddle again with my latest review by our loveable British Vietnamese bloke, Thomas Trang, Dark Neon & Dirt. It’s a novel more delicious than a sp...
Read MoreA writer pal of mine just called me disheveled. They went on a submittable/cool subs binge and started just applying to magazines, paying all types of submission fees to get into higher end ...
Read MoreOnce upon a time, circa 1968, Muvah Jackie Collins dropped her classic bestselling indie debut novel entitled The World Is Full Of Married Men. After being challenged by her husband to finis...
Read MoreMore and more writers are crossing their moral line and giving in to AI, writing OpEds on why its “okay” to use it and over explaining it away as to how it helps them get ideas and helps the...
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