JP Wilder - Author & Creator

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@JustanHenner I've seen a documentary on it. I see it every time I drive to LV (I live in LA). Always wanted to stop and investigate the area.

Fun Fact: I've been here. I live in California and have seen this on the way to and from Las Vegas. I can only tell you this because it didn't actually happen in Vegas.

In just 6 years Val Kilmer was: hilarious in Top Secret!, a slacker savant in Real Genius, ice-cool in Top Gun, and dashing in Willow (38 today). Then he virtually became Jim Morrison in The Doors. Willow is still great: pure fun, and genuinely dark when it needs to be.

Writing hard sci-fi is 90% research and 10% crying because physics said no. Soft sci-fi is mostly vibes and duct tape, fantasy with lasers. Both are beautiful in their own chaotic way.

Fantasy Pro tip: Name your ancient evil something unpronounceable so fans can argue about how to pronounce it in comment sections for decades or whether it drew inspiration from a long-abandoned hippie wellness scam. Free engagement. You’re welcome.

Blockbuster wasn’t “paradise.” Half the movies were out of stock, you’d get hit with late fees, and renting anything took actual effort. But I think the effort is the point. Humans value what costs us something. The ritual (the drive, the aisles, the out-of-stock movies, the weird guy lingering in the B-horror section, the choosing, the return slots that were a crapshoot if your return got recorded, all of it) made movies feel like an event. Convenience gave us everything at our fingertips … except somehow the magic went away.

My hardcovers hav arrived! Thanks @BaenBooks

Rule for new fantasy writers: Finish the damn draft before you redesign the entire magic system again. Momentum > perfection the first time around.

Neo-Tokyo, Japan in Akira.

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Conan The People of the Black Circle by Ken Kelly #conanthebarbarian #fantasyart

Bruce Pennington's cover art for Frank Herbert's 'Dune' series

I'll be a panelist and have an author table at this one, it looks like it'll be a fun event.

Your villain doesn’t need to be misunderstood. Sometimes pure, delicious malice is enough. Complexity is overrated; conviction is king.

What films have the absolute best soundtracks... I'll Begin: Blade Runner

The best fantasy doesn’t explain the world. It reveals it through action and consequence. Dump the infodump. Flush the flashback. Let the reader earn the wonder.

🚨WOW!!! Tim Sparks has confirmed he purchased 80 PIZZA HUTS and brought back EVERYTHING that made them iconic! Pac-Man is back. Salad bar is back. Red cups are back. Booths for families. "I want to rebuild places for families to connect and put their phones down..."

@JPWAuthor What do you think I based Victor on? Well that and Pulp action heroes. He's got a little bit of that Indiana Jones DNA in him but also Aragorn and Thancred. royalroad.com/fiction/137942…

@OSRDwarf I agree. 100%

@JPWAuthor I've always preferred Wayne's vision. The Spaghetti Western wasn't an American vision of the American West. It's fun to watch occasionally but not my preference. That is why Wayne remains so classic, and his Westerns so watchable.

John Wayne’s cowboys were the pure American hero: tall in the saddle, code of honor, always the good guy riding off into the sunset. Clint Eastwood flipped the script to morally gray drifters with no name, no mercy, and a nasty glare. The Western never really returned. Which do you prefer? As much as I enjoy Clint's work, I miss the heroic cowboy-knight.

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