I survived! Yeah, that was a little melodramatic, but considering I was headed to an event where it is rather common for everyone to get some sort of plague, the fact that I was able to dodge the concrud despite being immunocompromised is very impressive indeed and, if I may say so myself, a crowning … Continue reading Dragoncon 2025
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What Sticks?
(Originally posted on Twitter/X) (I’m taking a break from editing an anthology at the moment and am using voice-text speech. I’ll try to go back after this is done and edit, but I am also functionally blind right now as my eyes recover from the ER/hospital stay and the optic nerve swelling. But then again, … Continue reading What Sticks?
And Back To Good News!
Results from the lumbar puncture (part deux) are in and there is no lymphoma! We were a little concerned because they hit us with that possibility over the weekend while at the hospital, but my oncologist appointment this morning went well and there isn't any sign of it. The T-cells were from the immunotherapy drugs … Continue reading And Back To Good News!
No Time Math Here
I've got to get better about updating this. For those of you who missed it, Dancing with Destruction is officially OUT and available everywhere you can buy a Baen book. It's got stories from David Weber & Marisa Wolf, Jason Anspach & Nick Cole (Forgotten Ruin novella), Jacob Holo & Edie Skye, and more! These … Continue reading No Time Math Here
Authors You Should Be Reading – Part 1: R.R. Virdi
Courtesy of the author's website "Who the fuck is R.R. Virdi?" you might be asking yourself, having stumbled upon this website at 2:00AM while doom-scrolling social media (it's cool, we've all been there). I'm glad you are here asking that very question. Because if you're not asking, well, it's probably that you've already read his … Continue reading Authors You Should Be Reading – Part 1: R.R. Virdi
Amazon’s Recent Royalty Pay & Price Change
Recently, Amazon dropped this on those of us who use KDP to handle our indie stuff: Now, this normally doesn't affect me too much (I sell more ebooks than print, like most authors who publish through KDP), but it did cause me raise the price of A Christmas Surprise from $8.99 to $9.99 per print … Continue reading Amazon’s Recent Royalty Pay & Price Change
Just A Boring Update
Been busy the past month moving stuff around at the office and two infusions in February, so I didn't have a lot of energy to spare for anything outside of a bit of writing. Melissa Olthoff and I finished our edits for Book 1 of our new series, and last night we detail outlined Book … Continue reading Just A Boring Update
Books I’m Looking Forward To In 2025
Yeah, every writer is still a reader (at least, usually), and we're fans of other people's writings. 2025 promises to be a good year for readers, and here are the top 4 books I'm really looking forward to reading in 2025. SHADOWS UPON TIME by Christopher Ruocchio (DAW Books, Book 7 of the Suneater series) … Continue reading Books I’m Looking Forward To In 2025
2024 Year in Review
I've been pretty good about doing one of these every year the past few years. 2023 was a banner year, with one of my highest words written count ever at over 537,000 words written, and 7 published works. I thought I wasn't going to be able to replicate that in 2024. I didn't repeat them. … Continue reading 2024 Year in Review
The Great Christmas Shopping List (2024 Edition)
Brief health update: I'm alive (yay!) still, and heading into my next cancer infusion treatment on Wednesday. It's been exhausting. I also just got back from Dragonsteel Nexus late last night (technically early this morning because there was a nasty accident right in front of my ride and we were stuck in traffic for almost … Continue reading The Great Christmas Shopping List (2024 Edition)
The State of the Solo Debut Mainstream Novel
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
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
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
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