Writing
The One Where I Tell John Scalzi he is Wrong
Recently, there has been a lot of discussion over on John Scalzi’s Whatever blog about some new book contracts coming out of Random House’s new Imprints, Alibi and Hydra. Normally, I tend to agree with him on many things he writes about and have greatly enjoyed his books. But his Read more…
Writing
Aristeia: Tree of Liberty Cover Art
The final artwork is in for Tree of Liberty. As always, Oliver did an amazing job.
Geekery
Owl Khaaaan!!!
This weekend I’ll be at Owlcon with Grey Gecko Press. Last year was fun and my first con experience as an author trying to sell a book. The logo for this year is pretty amusing (see below). If you’re in Houston near Rice University, swing by. GGP’s booth is right Read more…
General
Sound of Silence
I must apologize for being quiet for the past week It’s not for want of things to say or even laziness. Last weekend I got Tree of Liberty back from my editor. So I’ve been hard at work doing revisions during every baby free moment. But I’m now happy to Read more…
Geekery
AutoRip
My wife bought a CD off Amazon recently and discovered the new AutoRip feature they have. For certain albums, when you buy the CD, you automatically get the MP3 version added to your Amazon Cloud Player. If you use the Amazon player, it saves you the hassle of having Read more…
Geekery
We Can’t Beam Through Shields
I was exploring the possibility of having a transporter like device in a potential new story I’m working on. I like the idea of them, beaming over to an enemy ship for some quick action or having enemies beam aboard the characters ship for a challenge to face. There’s lots Read more…
Short Story
Aristeia: Colonial War- Hero of Cardine
Many of the the stories for the Colonial War originated as pieces to help me flesh out background and side characters who appear in the trilogy. Most of them don’t get fleshed out all that much in the books, as they partake in the story but its not about them. Read more…
Writing
What now?
The first draft of Aristeia Book 3: Tree of Liberty has been sent off to my beta readers. They’ll read it over and provide feedback. This will be followed by a round (or two) of edits. Then it’s off to the publisher for professional editing. That will entail a few Read more…
Writing
Massive Book Sale
For Black Friday/Cyber Monday, my publisher, Grey Gecko Press, is having a massive sale on all of their books. The highlights are below. Ebook short stories are FREE Full-length ebooks are just $1 Print books are 20% off and, as always, come with the ebook free (this includes pre-orders, which Read more…