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January 21, 2015 · 119 words
Mystery Plane Contest!
The Dread Empire’s Fall audio books, comprising The Praxis, The Sundering, and Conventions of War, have just been released. I’ve got some free downloads of the complete set to give away, and the first set will go to the first person who can identify this aircraft. Sorry about the quality of the photograph. It was the b
Read entry →January 21, 2015 · 203 words
Prudence and Others
My recent highway odyssey from Long Island to New Mexico reminded me of the first few times I crossed the country, in a beat-up, mechanically dubious, bright red 1972 Chevy van with something like a hundred thousand miles on it. Nothing on this machine worked except the drive train, and that unreliably. The radio was [
Read entry →January 18, 2015 · 95 words
Hear Me!
Behold, I am podcast! The interview was scheduled for half an hour, but apparently I was so fascinating that Jeremiah and Jason let it run for full sixty minutes. Although much of the latter part the interview has to do with my Star Wars novel, folks uninterested in the Star Wars universe (all three of […]
Read entry →January 13, 2015 · 758 words
Trama Idiota
So how often have you seen, or read, this? Your stalwart detective protagonist is on the trail of the bad guys, who are maybe serial killers, or anyway are known to kidnap and torture people. The bad guys then threaten not the detective, who is of course too stalwart to pay attention to such threats, […]
Read entry →January 10, 2015 · 1,045 words
Taking the Bullet
I got a bunch of free premium channels for a limited time, and I saw “The Lone Ranger” so you’ll never have to. I don’t know why I keep taking these bullets for you people. It’s not like I’m paid for this, and it’s not like the bullets are real silver. I thought, as I […]
Read entry →January 9, 2015 · 80 words
The Toolbox Cometh
Just a reminder that the submission period for Taos Toolbox, the master class for writers of science fiction and fantasy, is well under way. There have been submissions and acceptances, and we’re looking to increase the number of both! And that, my friends, is where you come in. If you’re serious about making your mark
Read entry →January 6, 2015 · 752 words
Five Armies, No Waiting
For the most part the holidays were spent in attitudes of collapse, but I did manage to drag myself to the theater to view The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies. Those who remember my notes on the previous two films will recall that I feared the third movie would consist only of the Battle of […]
Read entry →January 4, 2015 · 153 words
Part Six, At Last!
The grand serialization experiment is over, and Hardwired, Episode Six is now available at Amazon, Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords. The folks at Apple are apparently taking an extended holiday, and Episode Six isn’t yet available on their site despite my waiting more than 24 hours to make this announcement. [UPDAT
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