Cultural Contamination That Is Directed Outward Is

Anyone Who Wants Simple, Pat Stories Should Buy Another Author's Product. The Real Universe Ain't That Way, And Neither Are My Fictive Ones.

In Historical Fact, All Of History's Despots, Combined, Never Managed To Get Things Done As Well As This Rambunctious, Self-critical Civilization Of Free And Sovereign Citizens, Who Have Finally Broken Free Of Worshipping A Ruling Class And Begun Thinking For Themselves. Democracy Can Seem Frustrating And Messy At Times, But It Delivers.

Beware Of Self-indulgence. The Romance Surrounding The Writing Profession Carries Several Myths: That One Must Suffer In Order To Be Creative; That One Must Be Cantankerous And Objectionable In Order To Be Bright; That Ego Is Paramount Over Skill; That One Can Rise To A Level From Which One Can Tell The Reader To Go To Hell. These Myths, If Believed, Can Ruin You. If You Believe You Can Make A Living As A Writer, You Already Have Enough Ego.

Change Is The Very Fabric Of Our Time.

Seldom Does A Storytelling Talent Come Along As Potent And Fully Mature As Mike Brotherton. His Complex Characters Take You On A Voyage That Is Both Fiercely Credible And Astonishingly Imaginative. This Is Science Fiction.