When I was still in my teens, I used to study battles. I had no interest in fighting them myself, but I enjoyed the history, and specifically how battles played out. By the time I reached my early twenties I was wargaming – Napoleonic era as well as Fantasy miniature tabletop battles. I used to … Continue reading
Happy Veteran’s Day! I’m not quite sure how “Gladius” wound up where it ended – the original story was to have something to do with virtual reality and infectious ideas, but then the virtual coliseum shifted to being the actual reality, a place where various races had been taken as slaves by a master alien … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All three blog posts went out as scheduled. I had 4 stories return from market, and they were sent back out, like Heinlein said. There are now two days until the full release of Ups and Downs: Detective Jimmy Delaney Collection #3. It’s available now as a preorder, and you can read … Continue reading
I started my writing ‘career’ in 2004. Actually, there should be air-quotes around the ‘started’, too. Although I made the determination to start writing in 2004, I didn’t finish my first story until 2008, and my second in 2010. My third came in 2011. If you’re following, that’s 4 years, then 2 years, then 1; … Continue reading
Last Week’s Goals All my eligible stories are out to market, and my blog entries were all posted on schedule. “Copy Cat” (Herc Tom, Champion of the Empire #11) is all set for its April 16th release. It’s currently available FOR FREE on Smashwords as a presale (that means you can read it now, before … Continue reading
Next week, Perseverance will land on Mars (with my name aboard), but hopefully not on any Martians. It seems appropriate to promote one of my stories where our space program was somewhat negligent of the natives on another heavenly body. “Quiet!” came from an idea I wanted to explore about encountering a hive-mind organism on … Continue reading
Nearly twenty years ago, I was in the rare position to hire someone at my place of employment (this was the only time I’ve ever been in position to hire anyone, and it was certainly more enjoyable than when I had to decide which four out of seven people were going to be laid off … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Three blog posts made as usual, and I continue to stay ahead of commenting on other people’s posts. I’m getting back in the swing of rotating my stories to potential markets ASAP – just having trouble now finding open, appropriate markets. I’m most of the way through reading (as usual, a euphemism … Continue reading
Last week’s goals: Made my three blog postings and my quota for comments on the blogs of others. I finished reading Terry Pratchett’s Men at Arms – with everything that’s going on in my life, I needed the laughs. I believe that completed my reading quota for the year… “Installment Plan” and “Calling Down Lightning” … Continue reading
Weekly Goals: I made my three blog posts last week, but no comments on anyone else’s blogs; the fun of dealing with house repairs, contractors, insurance, and my “day job” isn’t leaving me a lot of time or energy. Fear isn’t the mind-killer; it’s STRESS (well, some of my stress could be defined as FEAR, … Continue reading
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