Author Archives: Rawle Nyanzi

Voice, the Novel’s Secret Sauce

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

We have to admit, novelists envy filmmakers, and for good reason. Film and television are the primary means of story consumption; a picture is worth a thousand words, and a moving picture is more accessible than a million words. Every … Continue reading →

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Anime’s Secret Sauce

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: Misha Burnett responds. I would always watch anime and think, “I can’t draw, but I could sling words like anyone’s business.” Then I would sit down and write a story, but I would always get the feeling that something … Continue reading →

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Talking Shining Tomorrow With Jon Del Arroz

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Yesterday, I spoke live on YouTube with Jon Del Arroz, the Leading Hispanic Voice in Science Fiction, about Shining Tomorrow and about the PulpRev. It’s only about half an hour long, but it’s well worth the listen.

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Humanity Doesn’t Deserve Nice Things

Posted on March 18, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

A while back, I wrote a post about why I disliked the post-apocalyptic genre. In short, I find the genre bleak and hopeless in spite of its promise of social rebirth and its destruction of social complexity. But friend of … Continue reading →

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Characters Must Be Written Unrealistically

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

Yesterday, friend of the blog Daddy Warpig wrote a post on his Facebook that used the continued occurrence of male/female interchangeability in pop culture to critique modern character writing more generally (Warpig’s post is below the fold.)

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Notice of Side Story Cancellation

Posted on March 14, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

I will release Shining Tomorrow Volume 1: Shadow Heart in May of this year. That has not changed. The launch will proceed AS SCHEDULED. However, in my New Years’ post, I mentioned a side story that was written to accompany … Continue reading →

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My Thoughts on Princess Mononoke

Posted on February 19, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

WARNING: Spoilers below the fold; it’s the only way to talk about the movie in depth. I’ve heard so much about the films of Hayao Miyazaki, but I had only seen Spirited Away prior to this one (and that was … Continue reading →

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GPT-2’s Possible Threat to Authors

Posted on February 17, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: ZDNet shows some skepticism about GPT-2’s abilities without downplaying its significance. UPDATE 2: Some sample outputs from the GPT-2 software can be found here. Suffice it to say, novelists’ jobs aren’t in any danger at all, though there are … Continue reading →

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Choose Your Circles Carefully, or Why Larry Correia’s Books Don’t Get Hate-Mobbed

Posted on February 1, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

UPDATE: Benjamin Cheah responds. UPDATE: Misha Burnett responds. See the end of this post. FULL DISCLOSURE: I am part of a right-wing literary circle called the Conservative-Libertarian Fiction Alliance. A few days ago, YA (Young Adult fiction) Twitter claimed another … Continue reading →

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In Culture, Be the Change You Seek

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Rawle Nyanzi

In a now-deleted tweet, fellow blogger Alexandru Constantin made a comment like this regarding culture (this isn’t an exact quote; I’m going off of memory): Be cooler than the opposition. Men on the right need to drop the anime, stop … Continue reading →

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