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February 18, 2019
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR’S STUDIO
Writing these books is great fun, as I’ve already told you. But there’s this other thing—besides everyday life—which keeps dragging me back to 21st century life. Marketing.
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January 22, 2019
Hurricane Warning – Bad Moon Rising (Star Lawyers Origins Book 2)
Hurricane Warning – Bad Moon Rising (Star Lawyers Origins Book 2) Unlike other books in the Star Lawyers Universe, Bad Moon Rising is not primarily a work of science fiction but a murder mystery set in the 21st century. Yet, without the events of this earthbound volume, humanity might never have traveled to the stars. This …
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January 14, 2019
Life is Neither Happy Days nor Game of Thrones
Life is Neither Happy Days nor Game of Thrones Blog about the Ultimate Reality of Solipsism: You Are Not Real, and Neither am I. So there’s a philosophy they teach you about in college. Well, sure, they teach you about a lot of philosophies, but I’ve got limited space, and some of you are bored …
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Tom Shepherd’s Star Lawyers Series
Tom Shepherd’s Star Lawyers Series GENERAL OVERVIEW Readers have described Star Lawyers as Star Trek meets Law & Order. With the colorful characters and futuristic combat of Space Opera, the mysteries and courtroom battles of a legal thriller set in the thirty-second century, and the un-usual suspects—both alien and human—from cultures across the galaxy, the …
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December 26, 2018
Ethical Sub-Routines for Shepherd-Think
Ethical Sub-Routines for Shepherd-Think Welcome back to the starship Patrick Henry. Except this voyage takes you to Pirate space aboard the creaky, captured Dengathi pirate ship Howling Tadpole. It also reprises the much-acclaimed courtroom cross-examination of Tanis Zervos by Prince Zenna-Zenn, a.k.a., Mr. Blue. And the trial takes place in a Pirate Courtroom, where the …
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November 26, 2018
Ode to the End
This week…a little poetry – Ode to the End – instead of the usual brilliant analysis and insightful reflection. Ode to the End (Or, “Thank you for visiting the Universe. The lights will go out in 100 trillions years. Please exit promptly.”) Me an’ you an’ the Milky Way All must go our inevitable way, …
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November 19, 2018
Thanksgiving: Giving Thanks for Humans, Aliens, All of the Above
Giving Thanks for Humans, Aliens, All of the Above Thanksgiving Blog ( Somewhat Preachy, but Non-sectarian) This is Thanksgiving week in the USA. Yet, today serious problems linger in our world, making it harder to find something meaningful to say at the Thanksgiving table. Donald trump is president of the United States, and he seems …
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November 12, 2018
Report from 20Booksto50K Writers
Report from 20Booksto50K Writers Okay, so you gather 700+ Indie writers and media professionals. Where ya gonna meet? LAS VEGAS 2018 Every year the FB community called 20Booksto50K assembles at Sam’s Town Hotel & Casino (the latter a Vegas requirement) for three days of meetings, lectures, and pep rallies about Independent Publishing (A.K.A., Indie). The …
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October 29, 2018
“And everyone is writing a book!”
“And everyone is writing a book!” “Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book!” (Often attributed to Roman lawyer and orator Marcus Tullis Cicero, 1st century, B.C.) I love science fiction, but not all kinds. Never went for Creature-features, bug-eyed monsters invading Earth and ravishing sexually incompatible busty …
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October 22, 2018
Reach for the Stars : The arc of the moral Universe
Reach for the Stars : The arc of the moral Universe “The arc of the moral Universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. One Friday night One Friday night, not so many years ago, I was indulging in one of the few sinful pleasures still available to a …
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