It's my pleasure to announce that The Alien Element, my pulse-pounding, throat-grabbing, ancient alien-having science fiction novel, is now available! This is the second book in the Translocator Trilogy. The Alien Element Earth is endangered by an ancient source of power…The Alien Element is here. On Kakul, Rakulo scours the Wall for a way to […]
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Reading: The Prometheus Project
The Prometheus Project by Steve White (Science fiction, 2005) I loved the cover, so I bought it. More proof that good covers sell books. Never heard of Steve White before, just exploring sci-fi based on artwork and concepts that appeal to me. The Prometheus Project opens with a scene where the newly elected president meets […]
Copyedits in for The Alien Element
Yesterday afternoon, my editor got back in touch with copyedits for The Alien Element. Right on schedule! I hustled to get them all entered today. This is a simple but slow process where I take the changes back in to Scrivener, which I’ll use to produce the ebook version. It was after dinner, nearly 11pm […]
Reading: The City and The Stars
The City and The Stars by Arthur C. Clarke. Science fiction, 1956. I’m still on a kick to catch up on the mid-century masters of science fiction—stuff that, by choice or by chance, I’ve never been exposed to. When I saw this one in Half Price Books with the awesome cover I had to have […]
A literal Parthenon of books
Book art on a massive scale Enjoyed this so much I had to share. After all, this blog is all about books. Books to read, and the work that goes into the books. Thanks to the artist, Marta Minujín, who made this art out of books. Source: Artist Uses 100,000 Banned Books To Build A […]
Bonuses! Artwork! June 13th!
I accomplished a ton of writing and book marketing stuff today, so I am exhausted, but I’m not tired because my mind keeps revving on all the cool art and bonus material I’ve put together for the upcoming launch of the complete Tales of the Republic. That’s all seven episodes collected into a 400+ page […]
The second to last episode of Tales of the Republic out now
Episode 6 of my dangerous dystopian thriller, Tales of the Republic, came to life yesterday. It’s called Early Warning and it’s the second to last episode in the series. Here’s a little teaser… First, the print cover spread for the print-on-demand version. Then the opening chapter of this episode… This is one of my favorite episodes of the series for […]
What It Means to Be Human
I believe people read to explore what it means to be human. Who doesn’t love to pick up a new book, and get whisked away on an unexpected adventure? To fall in love with journey, the people? They are beautiful and they are flawed. Just like you. It’s only natural to begin to empathize with their romance and their […]
A New Post-Apocalyptic Story!
The End of the World Is Better with Friends Sid is all alone at the end of the world, with only his robot and his garden to keep him company. He tends his plot, and tries to keep his distance from Slimeball, the lake monster the aliens left behind. But a hot spell and the […]
12 Days of Books, Christmas Giveaway
Holy wow, Christmas is coming up fast! To celebrate the holidays, I’m participating in a 12 Days of Books promotion with some very awesome authors. From now until Christmas, you can enter to win the whole set of 12 signed science fiction and fantasy books, including my own novel, The Auriga Project, E.J. Wenstrom’s Mud: Chronicles of the Third […]