The heading isn't misleading. I just wanted to talk about my first solo foray (we're not counting collaborations here, or anthologies) into mainstream publishing after **coughcough** years in indie and small press. More importantly, why I'm not regretting it, but why I also am still not going fully trad in the coming years. First of … Continue reading The State of the Solo Debut Mainstream Novel
Blog Update
LFG!! Salvage Purgatory Release Weekend
Quick cancer update: still recovering from surgery. Had some massive bleed-through the day after surgery and had to go back to the surgeon (I warned them I was a bleeder) to get the wound site redressed. Since then, been a pretty smooth-ish recovery journey so far. Sitting sucks, laying down is uncomfortable, and standing isn't … Continue reading LFG!! Salvage Purgatory Release Weekend
Life Update
So... I've been reluctant to post about this because of how much is going on right now, plus it being in the middle of one of the busiest convention seasons we've had post-lockdowns, but the news broke this afternoon when the Baen Free Radio Hour went up, so... On Aug 23 I went in to … Continue reading Life Update
SALVAGE PURGATORY cover reveal
Check out Salvage Purgatory, Book 1 in The Invasion, the new mainline series set in Kevin Steverson's Salvage Title Universe. Coauthored with Nick and Kevin Steverson (Steversons?), the talented father-son writing duo, this begins the new series where The Coalition left off. Something is coming that will change everything... Overall, not a bad cover image … Continue reading SALVAGE PURGATORY cover reveal
It’s LIVE! And I’ll be LIVE as well
Mountain of Fire is out and in the wild! I just got back from Dragoncon late last night (yes, I was gone for a full week... that's Dragoncon in a nutshell) and I'm wiped out, but I should have an AAR up and running sometime this evening. But at Dragoncon we did the release of … Continue reading It’s LIVE! And I’ll be LIVE as well
19 Days
Yeah, it freaks me out a little, too. Only nineteen more days until my first solo novel from Baen Books is released! Mountain of Fire is one of those really cool ideas that pop into your head when the publisher asks if you could turn a short story into a novel. Using a few towns … Continue reading 19 Days
2024 Imadjinn Award
So the word came in that Larry Correia and I won an Imadjinn Award for our novel Monster Hunter Memoirs: Fever in the category of Best Urban Fantasy novel last night at the Imaginarium Convention. I've attached part of their press release below. The Imaginarium 2024 Awards Banquet was held last evening, where the winners … Continue reading 2024 Imadjinn Award
Another Cover Reveal
This is Side Hustle: Volume 2, a collection of previously published short stories (with one or two never before seen stories). Look for it this coming November exclusively on Amazon. Yes, that's Quintus Fox on the cover. I have five Quintus stories in the collection. Why? Because Quintus Fox is one of my favorite characters … Continue reading Another Cover Reveal
Early Access Copy is OUT!
Mountain of Fire is currently available as an eARC (electronic Advance Reader Copy) now from Baen Books. Baen typically releases these a few months out for readers who simply cannot wait to get their hands on the book. While this isn't the final corrected proof, it's close enough that it is the same version sent … Continue reading Early Access Copy is OUT!
What Does the Author Read?
If you asked my teachers during my "formative" years, I wasn't much of a reader. Oh, I read books that I had to, mostly because English classes required it. To this day I still have a profound hatred for Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, thanks to an overzealous high school English teacher. … Continue reading What Does the Author Read?
Earning Out vs Sell Through
I thought about having some witty, clever title to this until I realized that this was going to be a business post. So I decided to go with a serious title. Well, as serious as I can be, at least. I've been talking with a few people lately about the advantages (and disadvantages) of being … Continue reading Earning Out vs Sell Through
…and Jason Forgot the Title (Again)
I meant to post this a week ago, but... oops? The copyeditor found some things in Mountain of Fire I'd missed (hilariously, I'd screwed up a part of the timeline in the Black Tide Rising universe after proclaiming "This is the cleanest story timeline I've done!") but those were easy fixes and the final page … Continue reading …and Jason Forgot the Title (Again)
2024 IMADJINN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Well, would you look at that. I'm a finalist in two separate categories for this year's Imadjinn Awards. You'll also see many other familiar names on the list as well! The 2024 Imadjinn Award Finalists in each category are: Best Anthology Blood, Sweat, and Steel: Tales of Future Combat and Mechanized Warfare -- Editor – … Continue reading 2024 IMADJINN AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Wild Side
The past week has been a little wild. Nick and I cracked the halfway point in the second book of our duology. The last time we did this, the second half of the book was written in about 10 days. His work schedule is hectic right now, though, so maybe two more weeks. We're definitely … Continue reading Wild Side
Update and Cover Reveal
I have been so stupidly busy between work and writing the past month or so that I haven't had time to update the website. There has been a lot going on! The biggest news, of course, is that the cover reveal for my first Baen solo novel, retitled "MOUNTAIN OF FIRE," was, uh, revealed yesterday. … Continue reading Update and Cover Reveal
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