#superversive

Signal Boost: Style Is The Rocket

Yet another fantastic collection of essays on writing by Mr. Superversive himself, Mr. Tom Simon. My husband, John C. Wright, enjoyed this book so much that he read it a second time while we were on vacation last summer.

Fantasy writer, essayist and critic Tom Simon looks at some elements of successful and memorable fiction. What makes a story stand out and grab a reader’s interest, and how does…

Originally I thought, well of course I’m writing YA. I don't love to write gritty, depressing, angry and unjust sorts of stories, and I don’t have to. 

Guinea Pig Writers Needed!

The Art and Craft of Writing — a Superversive Writing Class

For some time, Superversive Press has been talking about putting out a writing course–a series of videos or podcasts. This class would be based on my Writing Tips, my The Three Things I Tell Everyone–my collected information gathered from my years as a professional editor, and on The Art and Craft of Writing, a class I taught last fall.

post by Superversive Press author, Thomas Davidsmeier

“Yes, they’re all mine.”

I’m often forced to give that answer when I’ve got my eight children with me out on an excursion. But, I don’t compare to one of the characters in George MacDonald’s novel, Lilith. He has billions of children, though lucky for him, they’re in permanent nap time.

My eight children love C.S. Lewis. He is considered by…

I’ve previous proclaimed that one of the best works of science fiction anime out of Japan is Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and I have claimed that this is Superversive. Now there is a new adaptation of the original light novels coming to television in a few months in Japan. There is a teaser trailer for it, and someone took the time to subtitle that teaser into English, which I’ve embedded below.

A Little New Year’s Cheer: Shake-Up in the Anime Business

As we move into the New Year, it’s good to take notice of the changing circumstances in the wider world of the entertainment business- specifically the anime business. As I go into here, there’s a sea-change going on in the anime business and it has to do with Western money funding anime series production.

If you know the usual route by which a series gets into production, in terms of content…