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Upcoming NF

Next year I have a few more nonfiction books coming out: Cutting-Edge Technology:  All About Coding (Focus Readers, 2017) Dramatic Discoveries: 12 Facts You Won’t Believe (12 Story Library, 2017) Curious Scientists: Mind Blowing Physical Science Experiments (Capstone, 2017) Curious Scientists: Awesome Engineering Activities (Capstone, 2017) How it Works:  The Internet (NSE, 2017) The environmental […]

Amazon Rapids Stories

Earlier this month Amazon unveiled its new reading app, Amazon Rapids.  And I had the pleasure of writing a series of short stories–“The Ghost Talkers”–for the app.  One of them is even featured on the promo shot below! The stories are about a pair of ghost hunting obsessed twins who have their own podcast. Kyra […]

Upcoming Stuff

I have a few new nonfiction titles coming out in the near future. Environmental Engineering in the Real World (Dec 2016) Cutting-Edge Technology:  All About Coding (Jan 2017) Dramatic Discoveries: 12 Facts You Won’t Believe (Spring 2017)                   I’m also currently working on a couple of titles […]

New Nonfiction

I finally got copies of the three nonfiction books that came out this summer!  All of these were great fun to write.

New books in the near future

Sometime this summer (who knows when), I’ve got three nonfiction books coming out: Building Better Robots Space Myths, Busted Technology Myths, Busted. Plus I just turned in manuscripts (or am about to) for: STEM in the Real World: Environmental Engineering Digital Trends:  All about Coding. I also have fiction news I can’t divulge yet (dangit!). Stay […]

Launchpad Astronomy Workshop

I’m stupidly excited to be attending Launchpad this year!  It’s like astronomy camp for authors. Here’s a snippet of what it’s all about: Launch Pad is an education/public outreach effort supplementing Mike Brotherton’s space-based astronomical research.  Our primary goal is to teach writers, editors, and those with audiences of all types about modern science, specifically […]

Pre-Orders!

Several of my latest nonfiction books are available for pre-order: Building Better Robots Space Myths, Busted! Technology Myths, Busted?  These books should be shipping in June/July (I think). A-

Checking the boxes.

I checked a box the other day. It was one I was both pleased to see and one that had taken me years to acknowledge. The box was next to this word: asexual. It was under the question about sexual orientation on a mundane university survey. It’s gratifying to see the university even aware of […]

Paperback Editions

Out of the blue, the folks at Skyscape let me know that both The Forgetting Curve and The Meme Plague will come out in paperback in September this year!

New Nonfiction Books

I am so bad at keeping this site up to date. I admit it! But I have been busy. Over the past year or so, I’ve written seven (7) nonfiction books! (See my Nonfiction section for a complete list.) These 4 came out January 1st of this year:               And these […]