Dead Men Eat No Peaches: An Interview with a Cretin
The first volume off The Minus Faction Omnibus is now available. It collects the first three episodes of the series and includes some bonus art and additional materials (all for less than the cost of...
View ArticleLoss, Grief, and Endings
In the middle of July, 2015, I was invited to stay at a friend’s summer property on the shores of Lake Champlain in Vermont for a week. It was a much needed retreat from the world and a place where...
View ArticleAn Embarrassment of (Creative) Riches
In less than a month, my latest novel will be out in the world. DREADNOUGHT AND SHUTTLE is the 3rd novel in my SF/Space Opera series that began with DERELICT in 2014 and continued with ITHAKA RISING...
View ArticleHow to Publish a Novel
Step One: Write your book. Step Two: Criticize your book and tell yourself it will never be good enough. Step Three: Fight back the crippling self-doubt, and edit the crap out of your book. Step Four:...
View ArticleDREADNOUGHT AND SHUTTLE: anatomy of a book launch
A year ago, I shared the real numbers – earnings and expenses – from my launch of ITHAKA RISING, Halcyone Space book 2. Today, it’s DREADNOUGHT AND SHUTTLE‘s turn. To catch you up, the Halcyone Space...
View ArticleA Year in the Publishing Game . . .
Some Honest Numbers Last week, Lisa Cohen did a blog post about the numbers behind her latest release, Dreadnought & Shuttle, and as I always find that sort of thing fascinating (every publishing...
View ArticleAnother Book, Another Release Day
Today, I released my second novel out into the wild, and it’s a bit surreal and almost shockingly normal-feeling compared to the release of my first book. With The Brass Giant, I was terrified of...
View ArticleOn Writing for Yourself
Every author has ideas they want to get out into the world. Sometimes, the story isn’t about finding an audience. Sometimes, the story isn’t about gaining readers. Sometimes, the story is written for...
View ArticleAuthor Events
This year has been an adventure of author appearances for me. I’ve been to three events at the local library (with a fourth scheduled for next month), I did a signing and writing workshop over the...
View ArticleBack to School
While I have been a lifelong passionate reader, I didn’t much like English classes (or as they are called now, Language Arts) when I was in school. Sure, I would rather have been reading science...
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