I've been playing around with the AI painting program Midjourney (instead of writing... I know, I know) and decided I was going to do a gallery of presidents. I actually started with the more recent ones before realizing it would be better to start at the beginning. I resisted the urge to start with King … Continue reading The Midjourney Presidents — Part 1

There's a lot of doom and gloom these days. I guess it's that time of the year? The biggest one I am hearing about right now is the removal of the Best Military SF & Fantasy Novel category for the Dragon Awards. There were other awards removed and/or merged with others, but this is the … Continue reading Goodbye Military Science Fiction & Fantasy

I can hear the horrified gasps already. If you come to the website regularly (which is, like, a dozen or so of you) you might have noticed there's a new page on the "About Me" tab. In fact, if you click it, you'll see that there is a completely free short story sitting there for … Continue reading Snuck One Past You

...or something. I don't know. Wild for me now would have been mild for twenty-something Jason. That guy's a jerk, with all that energy and no bad back or neck. However, there is some exciting news, so I've got that going for me. Twenty-something Jason was an aimless shifter. First, the very first anthology I've … Continue reading A Wild Time in the Old Town This Month(ish)

Oh yeah, that got your attention. For September, I'm joining D.J. Butler, Richard Paolinelli, Sean Patrick Hazlett, and Monalisa Foster in giving away five free autographed copies of our books. I'll be giving away WRAITHKIN, Book One of the Kin Wars. Here is a list of the other books you can win as well: WHEN … Continue reading Win Free Books!

Getting a rejection letter is hard. Quite frankly, it's one of the worst feelings a writer will go through in their career. That feeling of utter failure, the emotional kick to the stomach that your baby just isn't good enough. The anguish and despair upon reading "Dear [[insert name here]], we regret to inform you..." … Continue reading Hard vs Soft Rejection (and why the difference matters)

So the last few weeks have been.... really odd. We lost Eric Flint on July 17, which was a rude shock to us all. He'd just called the office the week before to talk (Eric was one of the few authors who regularly called the office) and he'd been looking forward to going home and … Continue reading The Month That Was Too Long

I have found the next amazing party game for nerds! I've been hearing a lot about this game for the past year or so, primarily because I know the game's creators, Lydia and David Sherrer. The game, which was successfully crowdfunded on Kickstarter, is one of the fun, fast-paced games that you can do in … Continue reading Cat Magic: The Game Review

**Forewarning -- if I didn't mention you by name here, it's not because I wasn't happy to see you but because I completely forgot and I am an idiot.** This year at Libertycon was a special one for me. Not only was it the first time Libertycon was showing off a Baen Books cover of … Continue reading Libertycon 34 AAR — The Pro Level Edition

CHICKS IN TANK TOPS, my very first anthology where I'm the editor and not merely a contributor, is available for pre-order over on Amazon right now. Release date is January 3, 2023... pre-orders are the best way to get a physical copy of the book in hand on release day. Available at all the bookstores … Continue reading Pre-orders Available

They don't have a massive programming schedule uploaded yet, but the schedules for individual authors is ready to go. As usual, I'm going to be pretty busy this Libertycon -- and I wouldn't have it any other way. That blurred out section? Don't worry about that section. 😀 I'll be out and about the entire … Continue reading Libertycon 34 Schedule

What's new in the land of Córdova, you ask? Well, quite a bit actually. This past Tuesday the anthology STANDING FAST ON FOREIGN SHORES was released from Dingbat Publishing. This anthology features many authors I enjoy reading. Authors such as Larry Hoy, Jamie Ibson (yeah, he gets around more than I do), Kevin Steverson, Mark … Continue reading The Land of Anarchy and Hustle