I’m reasonably sure that being an artist is as much a “paying job” as is being an author – only the very top 1-5% I think can expect to make big money out of selling their creations, about the top 10% can reasonably expect to quit their jobs to do it full time and make…
Category: Advocacy
Advocacy articles relating to LGBT or other human or animal rights by Christina Engela.
Tips For Understanding The A.I. Cover Issue
I just saw a flyer doing the rounds on Facebook promoting animosity (i.e. a witch hunt) towards authors using free AI cover images. (Naturally, it originated from an individual profiting from the sale of images). I prefer my version. Feel free to share it.
New Releases: Quantum Books 7, 8 & 9!
Hello, friends and fans! All three of the new titles in the Quantum Series – “Underground Movement“, “Xanadu” and “The Last Hurrah” are now available on Amazon in eBooks and paperback formats!
A Little More About The Coming New Titles In The Quantum Series
Hello, friends and fans! For the past seven years I’ve been crafting a story arc set within the Quantum Series that – starting with book 5 (“Prodigal Sun“) and spanning books 6, 7, 8 and 9 – takes the quirky characters and residents of the planet Deanna through their darkest, most uncertain times yet. Right…
What Happened To The South African Satanic Church? …And Other Unanswered Questions
In 2020, South Africa got its first registered satanic church. It was fronted by two charismatic personalities who, for two years, did copious amounts of media interviews, and videos for their YouTube channel, clarifying misunderstandings and educating the public about religious Satanism. Then, one day in 2022, without any warning or explanation, the South African…
What is Satanism – Really? And What Isn’t? An Academic Assessment
I completed and published my fifth academic paper on March 3, 2023. For some years, the subject of Satanism as a new religious movement has been one of my academic interests, and my other four papers are also on the same general subject. My fifth paper, “By Their Fruits You Shall Know Them: A Proposed…
Give America Hope Again – A Few Thoughts On The 2020 US Election
The years 2016 to 2020 will surely go down in history as the period during which the USA was forced to see itself in the mirror without makeup for the first time… when they realized that there are and always have been more than one “America”… as it is perceived by different kinds of Americans……
SA Satanic Church Reverend & Family Receives Threats Of Death & Rape
The Citizen newspaper on October 12, 2020 printed an article entitled “Threats against Satanic Church reverend’s life and family”. The article describes how Reverend Tristan Kapp – pictured in the accompanying photograph, has endured death threats on social media – extending also to members of his family, and how individuals – ostensibly supporters of the…
Doubling Down On Stupidity Doesn’t Make It Any Less Stupid
The J.K. Rowling saga has been going on for quite a while now, since last year if memory serves. Just this past week however, Ms. Rowling appears to have unseated several silly internet meme trends and other media red herrings to take the top-spot in my Facebook and Twitter feed. Rowling has come under fire…
Sex Change 101 – My Advice
I am frequently asked for advice on how to start the process of gender reassignment. To avoid having to repeat myself again and yet again, I decided to put the basics up here, providing a brief outline of what I did to get to SRS, and perhaps what I might have done differently knowing what…