| Ian Welke grew up in the library in Long Beach, California. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts in History from California State University, Long Beach, he worked in the computer games industry for fifteen years where he was lucky enough to work at Blizz |
GOP: We protect kids!
So—ban child labor?
GOP: No
Ban child marriages?
GOP: No
Ban children from carrying guns?
GOP: No
Ban gun sales w/o background checks?
GOP: No
Ban corporal punishment for special needs kids?
GOP: No
Then how exactly do protect kids?🤔
GOP: We ban books, discussions on racism, drag, & free school lunch.
RT @rbreich
Unionized rail workers warned of a “ticking time bomb.”
They called out mass layoffs and overburdened workers.
They watched in horror as safety regulations were blocked.
Now toxic chemicals from Ohio's train derailment could poison the area for years.
Hot off the press, and shipping in a couple weeks, issue 6 of Weird Horror.
In March we open to submissions for issue 7. We only have space for 32,000 words. Please review the guidelines carefully.
We have 3 amazing titles on the Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot: Naben Ruthnum's HELPMEET; Rebecca Campbell's THE TALOSITE; Cassandra Khaw's BREAKABLE THINGS.
If you are a voting member of the Horror Writers Association and would like digital copies of these titles for Final Ballot consideration, please do let me know. I am happy to send PDFs, mobi, or ePubs.
Many people are desperately afraid of “forever masking.”
I'm afraid of #COVID19 remaining a top five cause of death indefinitely.
I'm scared COVID will leave billions with lasting damage to their heart, brains, and immune systems.
I'm frightened that children infected three, four or nine times will have lifelong health issues.
I'm worried that a rapidly mutating virus could yet spin off a deadly new variant.
Why is it so hard to do something so simple to possibly save a life? #WearAMask
A blog post on what makes good characters in stories:
https://www.ianwelke.net/blog/2023/1/10/characters-and-competence
I see lots of complaints from writers about getting reviews that say that their characters are not likable or the same said of characters in movies and TV shows and I wondered is that really a problem, and I’m increasingly thinking that the real problem is that the term “likable” isn’t very precise.
Once upon a time, GOP stood for limited government. In time, it became the party of “cultural conservatism.”
Now, it’s a cauldron of bitterness, xenophobia, racism, homophobia & anti-intellectualism.
Let's be clear: The Republican Party has lost any legitimate reason for being.
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