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Writing Update

It's been a couple months since my last check-in, so how are things progressing with Angels & Androids, the final installment in my Dome City Investigations trilogy? I'm so glad you asked. The going has been incredibly slow, but I've made it to the 65K mark. A minor victory. I've got about 25K left to draft, but I'm fairly certain where I'm headed at this point, so it should be a breakneck

Friday Freebie

Long ago, before the days of recorded history, during the Hyperbolean Age of a much younger Earth, AGROTHARN the Interstellar Semi-Barbarian roamed the ancient volcanic lands in search of fame and fortune. These are his somewhat heroic tales, sure to enthrall the most adventurous of readers!When AGROTHARN learns that his long-lost witch-mother is still alive, he sets off on a perilous journey

Pre-Order Option Unlocked

The re-release date for Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque, the first installment in my Interdimensionals trilogy, is set for May 6, but if you'd like to take advantage of the $0.99 pre-order price, there's nobody stopping you. Seriously. Go hog-wild, and while you're at it, tell all your friends that they too can jump to the head of the line. That's basically what pre-ordering accomplishes on the

Book Review: Midnight, Water City

This year I'm keeping track of what I read. Whether I enjoy the book or not, I'll post a blurb and brief review. Most will be speculative fiction in some form—genres I gravitate toward in my own writing. Today, it's the future-noir mystery/thriller Midnight, Water City by Chris McKinney: Year 2142: Earth is forty years past a near-collision with the asteroid Sessho-seki. Akira Kimura,

April Reading Deals

Check out these multi-author book promotions. You're sure to find something you like:Sci-Fi & Space Opera        Sci-Fi Crime Thrillers        Plot Twists & Shocking EndingsFantasy & Sci-Fi Sales       Time Travel Books       Mayhem & Motives       Spring FantasyCollections &

Supporting Indie Authors

Without the powerful marketing machine of those BIG publishers behind us, what do indie authors need most? Exposure. The more readers who discover our work, the better. This year, I'm doing my part each month, sharing books by folks who write in some of the same genres I do: When a monster hunter's last mission is to capture a wasteland girl, his only chance of survival is to turn the hunt

Steampunk Sci-Fi or Gaslamp Fantasy?

As a cross-genre writer, I'm often most comfortable whenever I can mix things up a bit, adding elements of science fiction to fantasy (and vice versa), horror to historical fiction, and comedy to all of the above. The weird western genre is one of my favorites, bringing the uncanny to the American frontier with monsters of all kinds. Overlapping that time period but set mainly in Victorian

New-ish Collection

Alternative Histories collects 7 tales from a past that never was—but could have been, given enough science fiction, fantasy, and horror tossed into the mix. Travel back to a time when super-powered minutemen fought King George's zombie horde, when memories were bought and sold during the Great Depression, and when JFK tried to stop an alien invasion just prior to his assassination. Time-travel

Blurb + Early Reviews

I'm in the process of getting Madame Antic's Hotel Grotesque ready for pre-order across all sales channels. It should be good to go next week with a release date scheduled for early May. The new cover is ready, and I've overhauled the blurb a bit. Here's the current iteration:In an alternate Victorian era replete with aerovehicles, automatons, and other electrik wonders, factory worker

Book Review: The Book of Elsewhere

One of my goals this year is to keep track of what I read. Whether I enjoy the book or not, I'll post a blurb and brief review. Most will be speculative fiction in some form—genres I gravitate toward in my own writing. Today, it's the collaborative effort of Keanu Reeves (who had the idea) and China Mieville (who did all the writing), The Book of Elsewhere. Here's the blurb:There have always