Author Posts Archive

So I’m working on this whole author thing. There’s a lot to it, in case you didn’t know, not just writing books. Here are just a few of the things you need to do. Write a book. I said it wasn’t just this, but this is pretty much the focus. If you’re

Book 4’s cover that is. Here is the new one: Book 5 is currently being edited, in case you were wondering. To me editing is harder than writing, it’s very mentally draining. I’m knocking through about 4 chapters a day.  

Today, finally, after numerous delays and more ridiculous paperwork requests than a Freedom of Information Act request, we are closing on our house. I’m hoping several things occur from this event. We relax. My wife is up for promotion at work and buying a house at the same time. She’s so high

Here it is. I’m quite satisfied with the new looks. These covers are providing a consistency across the series, one that I’ll maintain now that I’ve set the standard I want. Book 3: The new cover: The old cover: The original cover for book 3 was better than the covers for books

I didn’t feel that the covers for my first two books were doing justice to them. Especially the 2nd one. So I’ve redone them. These are the covers for book 1.   The new cover.             The old cover.              These are

This year has been fantastic for technology that makes the coming century look bright for us humans. Several different laboratories from Germany to the UK, from the USA to China have verified there is a thrust output from the EM Drive. A reactionless drive that seems to violate the known laws of

Tonight I worked on a cover for my first Dark Seas short story. Valor at Hamor. It’s about a grappler crew from the Samville, unable to escape with the rest of the fleet when Sarah Dayson calls for retreat. The story is partly written, I’m not sure how long it will be

I have two new short stories that are available on Amazon. Well, one new, one previously published. The new one is KDP so if you have Kindle Unlimited, you’ll have free access to it. The other, the previously published version, is not eligible for KDP. Soooo, it’s $.99, which is as cheap

I’m working on a video for the Dark Seas series. And, I’m working on the sound first. I composed (using that term loosely) this short audio clip tonight, of a cello playing solo. The video will be a dark scene if it happens, with small fighters rushing away from the Michael Stennis

My wife and I are buying the house we’ve rented for the last 2 years. I had forgotten what a horrible experience buying a house is. The hoops to jump through. The details not to miss. The feeling like you’re forgetting something that will derail the entire thing and make you look