tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post1911992083408687144..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Reckonings: Some ConclusionsFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-6207686591052244882015-04-09T05:36:09.685-04:002015-04-09T05:36:09.685-04:00Doc Grouch: I tried for quite a while to penetrate...Doc Grouch: I tried for quite a while to penetrate the conventional publishing houses before I gave up. Yes, that includes Baen. Apparently, even a house with no political biases, such as Baen, is uninterested in the sort of thing I write. So when the opportunity arose, I went indie. It has its drawbacks, but at least I no longer live in eternal frustration.<br /><br />I understand. Publishing is a business. A pub house has to have a marketing plan for each book it issues...and how would you market the sort of cross-genre crap I write? It must be a severe challenge to rationalize it as belonging on any particular shelf. So I have no animus against them. Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-63559069541792773482015-04-08T07:10:31.749-04:002015-04-08T07:10:31.749-04:00I've been a little surprised that you have not...I've been a little surprised that you have not chosen to publish with Baen, or under Vox Day's label. Your stuff is clearly good enough. I suspect you have your reasons, but it seems now that there are publishing houses that don't care about your political stance. May be another way to fight the culture war. Grouch, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10223794580842414136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-89300905867836119072015-04-07T02:41:09.995-04:002015-04-07T02:41:09.995-04:00Another whom I recently became aware of who not on...Another whom I recently became aware of who not only gets "gun stuff" right but also has a protagonist who - in spite of being "on the outs" with G-d because of the loss of his family when he was eight - happens to be a "self-fallen" angel who specializes in the removal of demons from those possessed of them, especially children.<br /><br />This, the Demon Accord series by John Conroe, is excellent. As it also includes vampires, weres, and witches, as well as the usual government agencies trying to control and/or hinder the hero, it is very entertaining. I got the initial book for free through BookBub, then bought the other five in the series, as well as one unrelated novel. As a matter of fact, I just finished re-reading them.Reg Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099612693763932005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-77582487000354550322015-04-06T15:47:50.411-04:002015-04-06T15:47:50.411-04:00Besides you, Fran, another SF author I've real...Besides you, Fran, another SF author I've really been enjoying lately is L. Neil Smith. <br /><br />There are a few drawbacks, but don't let that keep you from some great libertarian, pro-rights hard SF. His tirades against Christianity, while fairly pedantically knee-jerk-atheist in nature and therefore tiresome, can be mostly ignored without compromising story integrity. <br /><br />Other than that, I think the Pallas & Ceres stories are excellent. L. Neil Smith is one of the few SF authors (Larry is another, as you mentioned) who gets "gun stuff" right. There's even a character in Pallas that explains Col. Cooper's 4 rules of gun safety. <br /><br />Great stuff.Backwoods Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13666984602233967254noreply@blogger.com