Since we’re now a week out from the release of “Possession” (Detective Jimmy Delaney #8), it’s time to feature it on Fractured Fragment Friday. So, where did Jimmy come from? It started with an off-hand comment, someone wishing they could just plug a flash drive into their head and get the knowledge and skills they … Continue reading
Today is the release day for “Copy Cat”, the eleventh of my tales of Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire. The eBook is currently available for a reduced promotional price during the release weekend at several online retailers, including, but not limited to: Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1077881?ref=NoTimeToThink Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w?ean=2940162279877 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3fH9cYM Honest ratings and … Continue reading
Swordsmaster is on sale at Smashwords this weekend – check out some background, an excerpt, and find the pertinent link here… Continue reading
This is a little weird, but I’m asking people who largely have been uninterested in commenting on my blog to be interested enough to tell me WHY they aren’t interested in commenting or discussing things on my blog. I’m not sure that anything will come of this request, but I have to try. I know … Continue reading
I joke that Swordsmaster was forty years in the making, but it’s not quite a joke. In the 70’s (some of you may think of it as the Stone Age), the germ of a story came to me. I started writing, and got eighty handwritten (there were no PCs back then) pages into it before … Continue reading
I’m stretching here to try and offer an explanation for where “The Body” came from. If you neglect people in your life and only pay attention to what YOU want, don’t expect those people to sit idly by without exercising their own, alien agendas. Admit it – for most people, it’s all about ME (without … Continue reading
My first Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire story was “Purr Mission,” which I completed late in 2011. It started from a monologue about hating uncontrolled reentry, and something about the character JUST FELT feline, and so Herc Tom was born. It was a standalone story, and had given no thought to making it into … Continue reading
I’m participating in Smashwords’ site-wide Authors Give Back promotion, which is being held to show support for people around the world suffering through isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. ALL of my collections (including my Detective Jimmy Delaney and Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire series) AND my novel Swordsmaster are on sale for 30%-off. The … Continue reading
The preorder campaign for Swordsmaster is in progress, so the excerpts will continue to be from my first novel (the one that I keep saying has been FORTY YEARS IN THE MAKING!) Here’s the blurb: Fate is neither something to run away from, nor something to run towards. The first bright-eye to be seen on … Continue reading
Goals from last week: 3 blog posts. Stories cycling back to market on schedule. My next ePub is available on preorder on schedule.) I’ve ordered the proof for the paperback version on Createspace, and once it’s arrived and I’ve had a chance to check it over, it will also be available (but apparently through Amazon … Continue reading
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