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Novel Turned In and A Year in Review

I took a brief break from doing the AI presidents because I almost missed a book deadline. Fortunately, my coauthor reminded me that we needed to have it done by Christmas and we got it. 111,000 words of mayhem and carnage, and the next Four Horsemen book coauthored with Kevin Ikenberry is finished. ON A CLOUDY DAY is Book 3 of the Phoenix Initiative and brings two of the most popular characters in the 4HU together at long last. But can Sunshine and Jessica Francis co-exist? Next up is Book 4 of...

The Midjourney Presidents — Part 2

So while playing around with the artificial intelligence Midjourney, I realized that focusing a single painter on all the presidents was, well, a tad boring. So I took a poll amongst a few friends and came up with alternates to be posted at a later date.

I actually ran out of hours this month on Midjourney for my premium account, which was the first time that’s happened.

Today we’re covering presidents 6–10. We’re sticking with Vincent Van Gogh for these five, so let’s see what Midjourney ...

The Midjourney Presidents — Part 1

I’ve been playing around with the AI painting program Midjourney (instead of writing… I know, I know) and decided I was going to do a gallery of presidents. I actually started with the more recent ones before realizing it would be better to start at the beginning.

I resisted the urge to start with King George. You’re welcome.

Convincing the AI to paint in a certain style of author has upsides as well as drawbacks. Here, the AI decided “in style of Van Gogh” meant they all needed to look li...

The Van Gogh Presidents — Part 1

I’ve been playing around with the AI painting program Midjourney (instead of writing… I know, I know) and decided I was going to do a gallery of presidents. I actually started with the more recent ones before realizing it would be better to start at the beginning.

I resisted the urge to start with King George. You’re welcome.

Convincing the AI to paint in a certain style of author has upsides as well as drawbacks. Here, the AI decided “in style of Van Gogh” meant they all needed to look li...

Goodbye Military Science Fiction & Fantasy

There’s a lot of doom and gloom these days. I guess it’s that time of the year?

The biggest one I am hearing about right now is the removal of the Best Military SF & Fantasy Novel category for the Dragon Awards. There were other awards removed and/or merged with others, but this is the only one I really cared about. As a former finalist for this award, I’m a little bummed it’s going away. It was the one category where you could almost guarantee there to be some indie authors as finalists alon...

Snuck One Past You

I can hear the horrified gasps already.

If you come to the website regularly (which is, like, a dozen or so of you) you might have noticed there’s a new page on the “About Me” tab. In fact, if you click it, you’ll see that there is a completely free short story sitting there for your reading pleasure.

“But why?” I hear you ask. Well, it’s simple. I own the rights to it, and I decided to let anyone and everyone read it for free.

Every few months I plan on putting up free short fiction f...

Chicks in Tank Tops reviewed at Publishers Weekly

TL;DR edition — they loved it!

Thanks to all the contributors for making this an amazing anthology.

Chicks in Tank TopsEdited by Jason Cordova. Baen, $18 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-1-982192-35-8

Cordova (Kin Wars) effortlessly picks up the tradition of Esther Friesner, who edited the seven previous Chicks in Chainmail anthologies. These 14 stories feature formidable female protagonists in a diverse range of settings, and all showcase gifted authors given free rein to let their ...

Factorycon 2022 AAR — Shenanigans Aplenty

(I was so excited about next year that I forgot what year it was… yeah, I blame lack of coffee)

So not entirely about Factorycon, but hey — I’m gonna talk about it!

See? First line and I’m already knee-deep in shenanigans.

Factorycon 2023 actually started off early for us. Canadian co-author extraordinaire Jamie Ibson and his wife Michelle flew down a two days early in order to avoid travel issues (thankfully, their entry into the states was far smoother than their exit) and they ended ...

A Wild Time in the Old Town This Month(ish)

…or something. I don’t know. Wild for me now would have been mild for twenty-something Jason.

That guy’s a jerk, with all that energy and no bad back or neck.

However, there is some exciting news, so I’ve got that going for me. Twenty-something Jason was an aimless shifter.

First, the very first anthology I’ve ever edited, CHICKS IN TANK TOPS (Baen Books), is available for over at the Baen website in eARC format. eARCs are great for those who simply cannot wait to get their hands on the...

Win Free Books!

Oh yeah, that got your attention.

For September, I’m joining D.J. Butler, Richard Paolinelli, Sean Patrick Hazlett, and Monalisa Foster in giving away five free autographed copies of our books. I’ll be giving away WRAITHKIN, Book One of the Kin Wars. Here is a list of the other books you can win as well:

WHEN THE GODS FELL by Richard Paolinelli WEIRD WORLD WAR IV edited by Sean Patrick Hazlett ABBOTT IN DARKNESS by D.J. Butler CONQUEST: A ROMANTIC SPACE OPERA by Monalisa Foster...