Monthly archives: October, 2021

Punching Down, or Why I Gave Up on Comedy

As I write this, it’s 11:04 AM on Saturday, October 16, 2021 and I just cancelled my Netflix subscription. If you’re wondering, yes, it is because of the Dave Chappelle special, or more specifically it’s because of the fallout from the Chappelle special and the way Netflix is treating their employees. This post will probably …

Screaming Into the Void

I’m a Babylon 5 fan.  A huge Babylon 5 fan.  I loved the show growing up.  I occasionally slip homages or references into my work.  Babylon 5 was, much like Star Wars and Star Trek, a formative experience for me, both as a person and as a creator.  As some of you may know by …

I’m Not An Imposter (But I Sure Feel Like One).

CW: Homophobia, Transphobia, Trans-misogyny Two days ago, I started work on a new novel called ‘The Defective Paragons’.  It took me a little over a day to write the first chapter, because I wanted to get it right.  Actually, I wanted to get it perfect.  I wanted to capture a specific feeling, but I struggled …

A Response to Entitlement and Privilege

This is a repost of a thread I posted over on my twitter account My Original Tweet: @straczynski Can you say one way or the other at this point whether we’ll get to see any explicitly queer characters this time? Response from: Ed C. Ex-cop. Linux-head. Day trader. @n7ekg Replying to @themollyjay and @straczynski Why …