Thoughts on a Rigel Kentaurus Sequel

I’ve been delayed a number of times getting back to scribing A Darkling Nine. I have three short projects to finish before going back to that novel. Good thing is, when I’m in productive mode, my head begins working on the novel after the one I’m half-way through. I had… Continue reading

Fishpunk Nearing Release

Finally, I have some news on Fishpunk. I completed edits based on first reader comments, and have only a few minor details to address before I can call it a wrap. Yesterday, I received the final cover painting. It is gorgeous, but it still needs lettering. I’ll be posting the… Continue reading

Taos and the Artist I Met

I had meant to post this yesterday, but the virus my desktop computer caught did derail that plan. Fortunately, I have a laptop computer to use, even if it is old and decrepit and slow. Right after we left the Rio Grande gorge, we went into Taos to walk around… Continue reading

Assessment of KDP Select

Since January 1st, I have place three book into KDP Select to assess its viability. I launched Rigel Kentaurus into KDP Select first. A while later, I unpublished both my collection Accretion, and my first novel Neanderthal Swan Song from everywhere but Amazon. My first free days on Rigel Kentaurus… Continue reading

A Little Retooling of Goals

When a person makes a goal at the beginning of the year, sometimes things change along the way, and those objectives might change, as well. While working on A Darkling Nine, I came to a point in the story where I didn’t really know how things should resolve. That means… Continue reading

In Memory of Ray Bradbury

I don’t like days like today, days when I turn on the computer and learn that one of the icons of science fiction has died. Science Fiction losing Ray Bradbury is like football losing Bart Starr, or baseball losing Stan Musial. It’s like Hollywood losing Clint Eastwood, or rock and… Continue reading

A Man Walks Into a Bookstore

In this morning’s paper, there was an article about a man named Omar Amin, a 73-year-old physician and grandfather, who was shopping for books to give his grandchildren. As doctors are prone to do, he answered a cell phone call. Somebody complained, and a Barnes and Noble employee removed him… Continue reading