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February 12, 2015 · 171 words
Dan Is The Man
I am pleased, and not a little astounded, to report that Dan Dos Santos, who painted the original cover for Implied Spaces some years ago, has very kindly allowed me to use the painting on my ebook. For free. Because he’s an awesomely nice guy. Neither he nor I have the rights to the original cover design, […]
Read entry →February 11, 2015 · 531 words
My Boskone Schedule
I’ll be at Boskone this weekend, and I’m scheduled for a whole weekend of events, including panels, a signing, and a kaffeeklatsch. So if you’re in the Greater Boston Area, by all means head to the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel, come over, and say hi. Wild Cards: Inside the Series Friday 18:00 – 18:50, Griffin [
Read entry →February 9, 2015 · 993 words
Reviews Too Late: Fury
I’m sitting here doing my taxes, which normally means that I’m diverting myself from the task by watching action films, most of which are sufficiently predictable that they don’t require my full attention. And here was Brad Pitt in Fury, newly available on Xbox for a token sum. So hey, I downloaded it. Fury is a post-9
Read entry →February 4, 2015 · 495 words
Joey
We’re in the last hours of my promotion on The Rift, so if you want a copy for a mere 99 cents, go forth now and find it on Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, or Smashwords. There is a character in The Rift who is one of my very few attempts to draw someone I’ve met in real life. The […]
Read entry →February 3, 2015 · 185 words
Tell Me What to Read!
With all sort of grand opportunities arising for you to vote me a literary award, I feel I should mention again the stories I’ve had published in 2014. If you blah blah these stories worthy, then please blah blah nominate blah blah award blah blah eternal gratitude blah among the immortals blah blah shitload of [&helli
Read entry →January 29, 2015 · 107 words
My Top Ten Bestselling Novel . . .
. . . is seventeen years old. The Rift got to #7 on the Barnes & Noble list today. Hadn’t ever broken the Top Fifty on B&N before. And The Rift also topped out at #32 on the Amazon list, and I hadn’t got into the Top 100 with any of my books before. So hurrah! […]
Read entry →January 28, 2015 · 92 words
Wreck the Country for Only 99 Cents!
The Rift, which is literally my weightiest tome, is now on sale for a mere 99 cents! You can find it at Amazon, iBooks, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords! If you had a hardback of this book, which is something like 575 pages and 310,000 words, and you dropped it on your foot, I would […]
Read entry →January 27, 2015 · 264 words
Another Contest, Oh Yay!
Okay, I’m canceling the last contest because it just seemed to confuse everybody. Honestly, I thought the crypto solve would be a lot easier than the airplane photo. Shows you what I know. So, for free audio books of the entire Praxis trilogy, be the first to answer the following question: “What common household implem
Read entry →January 26, 2015 · 1,626 words
Reviews Too Late: Catch Them When You Can
I often use this space to complain about the wretchedness of what I’ve been watching, so I thought I’d do a change-up and praise a couple films that practically everyone else seems to hate. Both movies have colossal star power and intelligent scripts, but the problem seems to be that they’re much more intelligent than
Read entry →January 24, 2015 · 102 words
The Next Contest
I have more free copies of audio Praxis books to give away! Whoever solves the following puzzle will receive codes to give him free downloads of The Praxis, The Sundering, and Conventions of War. I decided to reference my own Deep State and provide a crossword-style clue. Be warned: this is an English-style crossword,
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