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Harbingers Ebook Now Available!

Harbingers Ebook Now Available!

Harbingers, the highly anticipated sequel to Blood’s Force, is now available in ebook format! :D You can find it at: Amazon iBooks Kobo Nook (Barnes & Noble) I’m still working on the paperback. It takes a lot longer to get the layout and cover just right, order and approve proofs, and so on. I’ll let you know when it’s available. Also, FWIW, I’ve been trying for over a year to get into Google Play, but they’re still not accepting new…

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Harbingers Cover Reveal And Progress Report

Harbingers Cover Reveal And Progress Report

You guys! Sword and Starship Book 2: Harbingers is making progress toward being a thing you can read! :D This beautiful cover, just like the last one, was done for me by Chris Howard. Here’s the full-wrap version that will be used to make the paperback cover: And here’s the current draft of the back cover blurb, something I’ll  continue to chisel at right up until publication: The Quest Continues To Stop A Killer “Curse!” Dame Jessamine is a woman…

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2015 Goal Review, And New Goals For 2016

2015 Goal Review, And New Goals For 2016

Let’s pretend it’s not February already, you guys. Let’s pretend this is completely timely and topical. Last year, I posted a list of my goals for 2015. Let’s see how well I actually did! * The novel, duh. “The novel,” Blood’s Force, did indeed become a thing by the end of the year. Hooray!! :D It’s available in 2 formats and 4 platforms. In the process of getting it ready for prime-time, I learned a lot about my strengths and…

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Blood’s Force Is Here!

Blood’s Force Is Here!

I can hardly believe it, but Blood’s Force is done! And published! :D I’ve accomplished what I set out to do when I quit my job back in 2014, and I can’t wait to keep going with more books. As the series name (Sword and Starship) implies, the novel is a genre-bender featuring knights running around from planet to planet in search of quests and adventure. The original spark of the premise came to me in 2006. I started a…

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Blood’s Force: The Quest On The Horizon

Blood’s Force: The Quest On The Horizon

(Cover art by Chris Howard) I can hardly believe it! I’ve balled up the manuscript for Blood’s Force, the first of the Sword and Starship books, to hand to my editor, RJ Blain. I’ve been performing my own editing and rewriting pass, with significant feedback from my spouse, since February. In that time, Dame Jessamine’s quest has undergone drastic improvement. The manuscript lost a few thousand words, gained them back, and lost them again: 88,000 words across 22 chapters at…

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In Perpetuity: Free Download

In Perpetuity: Free Download

Astronaut drawing by Mark Bowytz – Cover design by Ellis Morning My short story In Perpetuity– originally published in the May 2014 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact– is now available for free!  Choose your format below: MOBI EPUB PDF In Perpetuity represents several thrilling firsts: my first attempt at hard science-fiction, my first published short story, and my first serious effort at compiling ebooks.  (And I thought website/browser compatibility was tricky!) The story began as one of many…

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