Space is Big

A reader asked me in the comments from yesterday’s post where I got my ideas for setting up the mechanics of the Aristeia universe. Specifically, If I may ask, how and why did you decide on the rules you use for spaceflight and interstellar communications? Having communications only travel at Read more…

Of Endings…

You may have noticed a relative lack of posts around here the last few weeks. Also, a missing short story from yesterday or a Top 10 from today. That’s all because I’ve been deep in the process of trying to finish the first draft of “Tree of Liberty”. And yesterday Read more…

Texas Book Festival

It’s been quiet on the blog lately.  The baby started crawling recently so I’m down to just nap time as potential writing time. And I’ve been trying to devote what time I have to Aristeia 3. That’s left little time to blog and no time for GSA articles. But this weekend Read more…

Facebook Ads

I tried out Facebook ads this weekend while my publisher was running their $0.99 sale on ebooks. Sales were pretty good, by some weird miracle, but that started before I launched the ad. So judging how effective the ad was in generating sales is next to impossible. However, it did Read more…

Spinning My Wheels

I’ve been spinning my wheels on book 3 of Aristeia for the last two weeks.  I’ve gotten two thirds of it written but can’t move on to work on the last third until I figure out this one issue.  This usually happens at least once with each book. Something I Read more…

Goodreads Giveaway

My publisher, Grey Gecko Press, is giving away 5 copies of all of their books on Goodreads this month.  This includes both of mine. So if you’ve been thinking about picking them up but haven’t yet, here’s your chance to do so for free. To enter to win Aristeia: Revolutionary Right Read more…

Wind Wizard

After the release of “From Mars with Love” last month, I’ve decided to try and post a new short story each month.  So this month, I’m going to release “Wind Wizard”. I wrote this story about a year ago as a writing exercise for a writing group. The prompt was Read more…