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July 31, 2013
Book Review: The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
In Old Man’s War, John Scalzi explored humanity and identity through the eyes of John Perry, a seventy-five year-old man rejuvenated into a soldier for the Colonial Defense Forces (CDF). The follow-up, Ghost Brigades, takes the same questions and expands them to a galaxy-wide scope filtered through the lens of a new (literally) character, Jared [...]
Book Review: Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
The worst part of growing old is succumbing to the inevitable wearing out of the body. We live, we grow old, and we die. But what if it didn’t have to be like that? What if we were instead offered a choice: continue to live normally until the inevitable conclusion, or leave everything behind for [...]
April 24, 2013
Flash Fiction: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
I’ve been writing off and on about Elan the gunmancer for a few months now. I thought it would be interesting to show just what happened to get him into a certain tricky situation that I wrote about previously. No Good Deed Goes Unpunished TR Goodman The sound of the tent flap rustling caught [...]
February 28, 2013
New Cover for My Name Is Michael Bishop
To be honest, I was never entirely happy with the original cover for My Name Is Michael Bishop. That’s not to say that there was anything wrong with the art. The artist did a great job and gave me exactly what I asked for. I’ve just found over the months since the book was released [...]
February 1, 2013
Flash Fiction Friday: Fun and Consequences
Last week, I wrote about Elan, an armsmancer in a tricky situation. I liked the character, so I decided to flesh out the world a little bit more and write another quick story about his adventures in the desert. This edition of Flash Fiction Friday introduces a new character and takes place a short time [...]
January 25, 2013
Flash Fiction Friday: A Matter of Honor
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday features my first story in a world that is going to feature in an upcoming book series. It is a fantasy-based world with heavy steampunk elements that features gunmancers, which are kind of like old west gunmen, only their guns are a blend of magic and technology. Much of it [...]
January 18, 2013
Flash Fiction Friday: One Final Act
This week’s Flash Fiction Friday features an experimental piece that I wrote a little earlier on in the week. It has been snowing off and on here for the last few weeks, and I had the idea for this story when I looked outside and saw a squirrel trying to make its way across my [...]
January 11, 2013
Flash Fiction Friday: Freeway to Heaven
One of the most important things a writer can do to stay sharp and maintain momentum is to keep writing. Since it takes months to write a novel, I thought it would be fun to start writing something called flash fiction. Flash fiction usually refers to hypershort stories of roughly 1000 words or less. Below, [...]
January 9, 2013
Moving Forward: 2013 Publishing Goals
Well, 2012 was my first year as an indie author. Despite a string of disasters and delays that kept me away from writing, I managed to publish my first novel, My Name Is Michael Bishop, back in October. Since I hit the Publish button, I have been bouncing all over. Between learning about building a [...]
October 25, 2012
My Name Is Michael Bishop Released!
It pleases me to no end to announce to release of my first full-length novel, My Name Is Michael Bishop. It is a steampunk-flavored fantasy novel that explores questions about the nature of what it means to be alive, sacrifice, and just how far someone may go in order to save someone he loves. It [...]
