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This is speculative at this point, of course, but a space elevator really would change everything about who we are as a species. A day on a box rising up a cable from the ground to geosynchronous orbit, where you would board a truly interplanetary spacecraft that never touches atmosphere. A liner,

I’ve seen an alarming trend in science lately, which is simply this. If you observe something, immediately make something up that fits the bill and run with it. It worked for the guys that “discovered” Dark Energy, they were given the Nobel Prize in physics. But if you were to scroll through

Book 4 of the Dark Seas series, Stennis, is about 1/3 done in first draft. Here is a sample, keep in mind it’s first draft. ___________________________________________ “I know who the traitor in your fleet is,” Alarin said. That got her attention. She’d been prepared to let that matter drop, because there really

A few weekends ago, on October 8th, I was at a book signing. My lovely wife was with me, we both went as characters from the Dark Seas Series. She as Fleet Captain Sarah Dayson, myself as Commander Franklin Gilbert. It was a lot of fun, but the costumes were HOT. So

I’ve been feeling empowered since I spoke to a man on the phone yesterday. Isaac. I don’t even know his last name.   I talked to him because he has read my space opera.   He told me about how he’d recommended it to his parents and friends. Told me that he

So once again Star Trek has predicted the future. We now have “Alcosynth”, which is basically everything “Synthohol” was on Star Trek. All the good times, none of the hangover. I’ll probably wait a few years before I give it a try. Because I don’t want to grow a third arm unexpectedly.

I have never been a fan of the Dark Matter or Dark Energy hypotheses. They both feel like a made up boogeyman to cover the fact that astronomy just doesn’t know what’s going on. And, thankfully, here is something that’s a challenge to the dark matter theories. Dark Matter might not be

I’ll be at the Jmars Inc./Courtney Literary book signing on Saturday, October 8 between 11am and 2pm. I’ll have my 5 in print books there for you to pick up if you like. And I’m always happy to discuss the genres I write or entertain any ideas you might have. Feel free

We don’t really notice things that are reasonably static. When I first moved to Colorado, I marveled at the mountains every day. Now there are days when I don’t even notice them. I thought that would never happen. We don’t notice our Moon much either, although it’s a spectacular satellite. Other than

Here’s an opportunity to read a short story in my style of writing. This here Universe ain’t big enough… The awesome thing is that American Mensa, who published it, illustrated it as well. Rights are back to me in 30 days, at which time I’ll put it up with a few other