Today is Joe Buckley's birthday! Why is that special, you may ask? Well, Joe and I go way back (2002? 2003?) and despite all the times a character named Joe Buckley has died in a book, the original copy of Joe Buckley lives on. And Joe Buckley is to a good book as Ensign Roberts … Continue reading Red Shirt Birthday!

Kind of brain dead this morning. No word about Christian Cole yet, as expected. Anybody read anything good lately? I noticed that I haven't really picked up anything new recently and, judging from the Amazon reviews of things, I don't want to. There seems to be a dearth of substandard writing out there, which is … Continue reading New Book?

Corruptor got another mention at Daniel O. Casey's blog here. I think he's going to review it. I'd like to hear what someone I've never met before thought of it.

When I'm in the writing process and have moved beyond the researching part, one of the things I do is bring out my little statue of Ganesh and sit him right at the top of my keyboard. I then taunt him mercilessly, asking him if he would like a peanut (and did he really mean … Continue reading Gone But Not Forgotten… For Now

I've been thinking (quick, hide the children!) about the state of publishing and the rise of ebooks a lot lately. I blame Dave Freer and Sarah Hoyt, personally, for my constant watching of the industry. Yes, I am a published author. Yes, my book is out in both print and e-format. But of the two, … Continue reading Ebooks and the Future

Was tracking my Amazon sales again this morning (noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!) and came to the realization that buying has really tapered off for Corruptor. While I'm still selling my paper copies I currently have (yes!), online sales have pretty much dried up. That is sad. That makes monkey cry. I think I'm going to have to give … Continue reading In Need of The Blue Pill!

You have to wonder about literary agents sometimes... I, for one, am thankful for all the agents who do a lot of hard work pitching their clients novels out to various publishers. They get as many, if not more, rejection notifications than the actual writer does. Plus, they have to deal with the pressure from … Continue reading The Writer/Agent Conundrum

Had a great time with some friends who came over for dinner (we ended up grazing, not really "mealing") and I started to compare notes with another author in the group, Julie Cochrane. Julie, if you don't know who she is, coauthored the Cally's War trilogy with John Ringo. She's very smart and has a … Continue reading I Hear Voices, Do You?

Well holy crapdoodle, I'm eligible for the Hugo Award. Not like I'd win, competing against giants in the field, but I thought I'd mention it to those who are eligible to nominate. These are the awards I'm eligible for: Best Novel - Corruptor I am also eligible for the John W. Campbell Award for Best … Continue reading Vote For Me

I'm such a slacker today, I got sucked into a new webcomic and wasted my entire morning catching up with Weregeek. *grumble* I was going to edit this afternoon but instead, I'll be trying to write. Damn that comic for being so fun!!! Since I've talked about it and you're thinking of it, you might … Continue reading SLACKER

The wonderful Sarah A. Hoyt takes a look at the publishing industry today. She explains it much better than I ever could regarding supply and demand. You know, for a woman who grew up speaking Portuguese, her English is far better than mine... Go read.