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April 18, 2016
Big News
I’m now publishing with Baen. They’ve picked up Perigee and Farside, which are being republished under their imprint this week. More news to follow as I work on future titles with them. You might have noticed the blog has been on life support the last few months, needless to say I’ve been rather distracted and […]
November 24, 2015
Stuck the Landing!
True to form, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin pulled off something spectacular yesterday in near-total secrecy: That crashing sound you hear are the “OldSpace” business models collapsing from California to Florida. Perhaps not surprisingly, Elon Musk didn’t take it all that gracefully. I’m actually a little disappointed in himas this shouldn’t take away from anything he’s […]
November 16, 2015
Book Reviews
It’s taking a while for Farside to get some traction, but all the reviews so far have been quite positive. I especially liked this one from John Walker at Fourmilab, also cross-posted at Ricochet: This novel is not going to be nominated for any awards by the social justice warriors who have infiltrated the science […]
There is no “I” in “Team”
But there’s a couple of ’em in IDIOT. Also ISIS. Every time I think nothing more could possiblyspewforth from our Narcissist-in-Chief that would shock me, he goes andproves me wrong: “What I’m not interested in doing is posing or pursuing some notion of American leadership or America winning or whatever other slogans they come up […]
November 10, 2015
Yet More FARSIDE
The trade paperback version is now on sale and looks great. Seriously, a quality design from my cousin’s service, Fresh Ink Foundry. If you doubt me, then by all means pick up a copy and decide for yourself!
October 13, 2015
Obligatory Marketing Post
It’s been about two weeks since FARSIDE went live on Amazon. Now comes the hard part: marketing. Ugh. Someone with the audacity to think he has the chops to write two novels should have no problems tooting his own horn (not talking about when I eat too much spicy food, but that’s another story).But there’s […]
July 12, 2015
The Truth is Out There
To those of you who’ve waited so patiently for me to finish FARSIDE, thank you. If you’re wondering how long a wait there might be for the next book, don’t worry. I’m on it. In fact, I’ve been sitting on this one for a long time and have been anxious for the right time to […]
July 6, 2015
Preorder FARSIDE Now!
Yes, I’m finally confident enough that it’s ready to throwa date out there: Oct. 1st. A surge of pre-orders on Amazon obviously helps sales after release day, so please consider hitting that button. Not sure what you’re getting? Check out the preview link above. I plan to keep it exclusive to the Zonfor the first […]
July 5, 2015
Offensive Tactics
One of these things is not like the others. Question: does this image offend you? How about this one? Maybe this one? The correct answers are: a.Yes b. Probably c. Hell No and get a life. So what’s different about them if our cultural elites have decided we’re all of a sudden enlightened and mature […]
April 30, 2015
The End In Sight
I can now say that whole “Second Novel Curse” thing is for realz, ya’ll. It defies explanation – for if I could that would mean that I understoodit and could thus avoid the whole problem – but one would think after all of the work that goes into finishing a first novel, it would be […]
