Official Description: When mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team – led by expert codebreaker Louise Banks (Amy Adams) – is brought together to investigate. As mankind teeters on the verge of global war...
Well, I did it. I know it’s been a long time coming, but the second eBook in the Cord Cahill Serials is finally here – Unfinished Business. Buy it for Kindle – $2.99. Buy it for Nook – $2.99. The road to getting this book...
Official Description: EUROPA REPORT follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter’s moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. When unmanned probes suggest that a hidden ocean could exist underneath...
I had such a great time last year that, once again, I will be attending MileHiCon at the Hyatt Regency in Denver’s Tech Center over the weekend. Lot’s of stuff going on at the con, including Author Guests of Honor Seanan McGuire and...
Rather than a writing journal today, I thought I’d share a chapter from a novel I’ve been working on. Well, re-working on. I’ve changed it up based on feedback from one of my critique groups, and some comments on twitter and...
“Are you on a diet or something?” This question came about because the group was reading a little scifi I’d written wherein the characters were (GASP!), eating. One character had lunch (a turkey sandwich, light mayo). Next, he...
It’s been a weird couple of weeks. I continue to write and push forward but I had a few days where no words hit the page. Definitely in the home stretch, though. After breaking all the characters up for a time, I’ve just managed to...
A while ago, the idea came up to do something a little different with the SF Signal podcast. Lots of people were making favorable comparisons between our weekly panel discussions and the panels you might see at a World Con. Flattering. 🙂 We...
So, I recently shared with you guys an excerpt from a WIP – an untitled space opera. It was from one characters point of view – the story itself has multiple characters so we can see a lot of different pov’s. Today, I wanted...
This one has been bouncing around in my head for quiet some time. I work a little on it now and then when the mood strikes me. It’s a complicated piece. This week, after complaining that I hadn’t been very productive, I found myself...
So. World Fantasy had this fantastic dealers room. I didn’t buy anything in there. The reason I didn’t buy anything is actually logistics, not finances; I brought plenty of money with me so I could buy what I wanted, but the...
This past weekend, I flew to Columbus, Ohio to attend the World Fantasy Convention. I knew from past conventions that I’ve attended, that you usually get a bag of goodies. It never occurred to me that this convention would give me a bag...
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