I’m at that stage in the Stealing the Sun project where everything feels like it’s this big hodge-podge mess of brambles and mud held together by muckety-mucky, and it’s all started to roll down hill in the middle of a rainstorm full of wind. Got it? If you’re doing indie publishing (or any other kind […]
Read More ...Wherein Space Opera science catches up to me …
I’m clearly going to have to write faster. I mean … seriously. It seems that science might be catching up to my fiction. Why do I say that, you ask? Well, I’m doing this science fiction series that’s an intergalactic thing based on three short stories I wrote for Analog some time back. Given that […]
Read More ...Kobo gives you a deal on my stuff
Yes, I’m busily working on finishing up my SF series. Yes, It’ll be out soonish. But today I need to stop to let you know that for the next four days only, Kobo is running a deep 50% discount on my stuff. That’s right, you can get 50% off my work. May your joy know […]
Read More ...On closed loop systems in which the outputs become the inputs
I have been working on Starfall, which is book three of the Stealing the Sun series. The story is set on a distant planet and told through the eyes of aliens–which makes this a particularly fun book to write, though a bit more difficult than most. I’m finding the process interesting for several reasons, among […]
Read More ...The End of Brawn
I promise to write about science fiction again tomorrow, but I came across something that made me … uh … “smile” is not quite right. But it was something that made me nod. Yes, that’s the right word. Nod. A few months ago, I wrote a bit that I titled The Rules, They Are A […]
Read More ...Book 3: Catching a wave
As I noted earlier, I’m working on a five book series that greatly expands on three stories Analog published some time back. It’s quite an interesting task. Very different from writing the God-Touched Mage series in that my goal here is to keep all the little bits of the story that were contained in the […]
Read More ...Announcing a new series!
So, you might be asking, amid all this junk about the elections and whatnot, what the heck am I actually working on? The answer is actually pretty danged exciting: a total of six books, all of which will be published through Skyfox Publishing over the next 9-10 months, the first of which should be available […]
Read More ...On the holding of abeyance of Godwin’s Law
I had a brief Facebook conversation recently, wherein a friend posted something that gently prodded me for finally making a post that wasn’t political. That made me smile. If you’ve followed me over the many years I’ve posted, you’ll see I’m generally not overly political in nature. For the most part, I haven’t cared much […]
Read More ...On Bill O’Reilly, pigs, lipstick, and the presentation of true colors
I feel sorry for my moderately conservative, socially liberal/fiscally conservative (SLFC) friends, of which I have many. It will probably shock the gollywockers out of you that at one point of my life, I considered myself to be SLFC. I am, after all, both white and male, and, I mean, how many of us white, […]
Read More ...How about a little Fantasy In The City, eh?
Yes, I’m playing catch-up again. It’s a never-ending battle, eh? Anyway… I’m pleased to note that a short story of mine is in a very cool bundle of “Fantasy in the City.” It’s a great collection of urban fantasy work that ranges from sweet and light-hearted to quite deep and moody. And the authors–wow. Inside […]
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