Forty days ago, I explained why I would be voting for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate for President. Now, I'm going to explain why I've changed my mind. On the issues, ISideWith.com shows I agree with McMullin (97%) about the same percentage as I do with Johnson (96%). I still think Johnson's experience counts in his favor, but at this... read more »
UPDATE 10/17/2016: I have since switched to supporting Evan McMullin, as outlined in this blog post. Over the past month and a half since resigning as precinct secretary/treasurer for my local Republican Party because I oppose Trump, I've done some serious thinking about who I will vote for. After going to the Gary Johnson rally a few weeks ago, I... read more »
The 1880 U.S. Census recorded a John Oberlander living in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. His wife is listed as Isabella Oberlander, a white female, age 30. Isabella's maiden name was Jones, and in the 1870 census she was recorded as a mulatto female, age 20. Isabella was my great-great-grandmother. My family did not know about these census records until less... read more »
Earlier this year, I was elected to the position of voting precinct secretary/treasurer for my local Republican Party. I have worked and volunteered for Republican candidates over the years, but this was the first time I was elected to a party position. I have considered myself a Republican from the earliest time I can remember knowing about the existence of... read more »
Edited to add: The story has just been named one of four short fiction nominees for the Association for Mormon Letters Awards. If you're nominating for awards, I have a short story that I'm quite proud of that is eligible this year: "An Immense Darkness", which was published in the March 2015 issue of Analog Science Fiction & Fact. Here's... read more »
Writing a novel takes many hours of work. How many? Based on what Dean Koontz says, it takes him 6-12 months of working 10-11 hours for 22-25 days per month. Let's simplify and say 6 months * 220 hours per month = 1320 hours for a 100,000-word novel. That's 75 words per hour. Now, you might think that's very slow... read more »
The Hugo Award nominations are out, and once again there's controversy over who made the ballot and who did not. Here are some of my thoughts: Time Machine: If I ever get access to a time machine, one thing I'll do is go back to 2012 and try to convince everyone to nominate The Martian by Andy Weir for a... read more »
My debut novel Unforgettable now has a release date: January 5, 2016. Not only that, you can now pre-order Unforgettable on Amazon. And if you haven't seen Kurt Miller's amazing cover art yet, go here.
I'll be at Life, the Universe & Everything later this week. Here's my schedule: Thursday, February 12 9:00 AM - Building Different Economies / Politics: Eric James Stone, M. K. Hutchins, Meredith Skye, C. R. Asay, Daniel W. Willis (m) 12:00 PM - Writing Sci-Fi: Kevin H. Evans, Shallee McArthur, Eric James Stone 3:00 PM - Capitalism & Space Flight:... read more »
Since I reviewed this trilogy over on the blog of the Association for Mormon Letters a few months back, I'll just copy what I said over there to here: When I interviewed Larry Correia a couple of months ago, I had read some of his Monster Hunter International books, but I had not read any of the Grimnoir Chronicles series. ... read more »
