This is just to let those of you who might be interested in reading Mercenary Calling through the Kindle Unlimited program know that its days there are numbered. I will be taking it out on January 22 for about a month, maybe longer. If you think you want to read it, check it out now. …
Short Story Update
I’m getting my short story “Fractional Ownership” ready for publication. I started to call it my “most recent” short story, but it is actually the first short I wrote when I began writing short stories a few years ago. I’ve been a little reluctant to publish it, not because puppies are killed or anyone’s arm…
Happy New Year!
I hope your holidays were good ones, and the year coming up treats you well. I hope to do the same, and wanted to remind you that if you sign up for my newsletter you can get a free copy of Early Spaceports through BookFunnel, which provides a surprisingly simple process. Just click on the…
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!
I conducted a noble experiment and learned that one should not use almond flour in place of wheat flour when making pecan tarts. Twenty-four tarts turned out like ugly little puddings with shreds of almond flour dissolving all around when you tried to pick one up. They were not fit for exchange. My husband and…
The Space Show on Friday, December 21
I’m very excited to be on Dr. David Livingstone’s Space Show again tomorrow, Friday, December 21. We’re going to talk about this year’s exciting new developments in the space arena. If you like the issues in my fictional Ground Based Universe, you might enjoy David’s show. by
SciFi Shenanigans
I am very excited to let you all know that I’m going to be on the podcast SciFi Shenanigans. We’ll be talking about science fiction, the Waking Late trilogy, and maybe a little space law. We’re recording tonight at 6 p.m. I don’t know if that’s live, but I’ll let you know when it comes…
Gift Books in Fantasy
I’ve started my Christmas shopping. The young nieces and nephews on both sides of the family who I used to buy books for have gotten older. I miss getting to do that. Only a few are still quite young. I’m trying to figure out if I can buy Dave Freer’s Changeling’s Island for one or…
Inertia Rising
The long Thanksgiving weekend is ended, and it’s time to get back to work. My own National Novel Writing Month efforts failed spectacularly. I had killed off a villain too soon, and I figured it out too late. That’s all right. I’m sill over halfway through the second book in my new series, and have…
Free Stuff: Rapunzel and Early Spaceports
I am working on growing my newsletter list–in which I let readers know of new releases and special offers–and have learned that the way to do it is to entice you with free stuff. Therefore, I now offer you free stuff. First, I have a short story on Amazon available for free until Wednesday. Are…
The Wrong Idea
Back when I worked full time as a lawyer, nothing would flood my brain with story ideas and scenes as effectively as a deadline. The closer and more pressing the deadline, the more imaginative and wild the ideas that would trek across my cortex. Maybe I’d scribble three notes for later, but that would be…