Archive for the 'About Writing' Category
The Importance of Science to SF
I am writing this from a coffee shop in DC. One of the reasons I came here at this time was to participate in the March for Science right here in the capital. The March I ran into three friends, fellow writer Brenda Clough and her husband Larry Clough, and another fellow writer, Chris Cevasco. What a […]
Wilders: Mentioned in PW, First Draft in!
News on my next Pyr book — Wilders! My editor, Rene Sears, mentioned Wilders in a PW article on post-apocalyptic fiction. I can’t link to the article since it’s behind a paywall, but here’s what Rene said in the article: “The fear of climate-related disaster, particularly disaster in which humankind has played a terrible role, is prevalent right […]
Post #4: On the Rising Part of the Curve
I’ve already told a few stories about POST – how I finally got use Cynthia Radthorne’s art, how the story started, and how it’s partly a conversation with another author’s work. I’m telling these stories because eSpecBooks is currently crowdfunding POST and another novel by Jack Campbell (The Sister Paradox) on Kickstarter. More about that […]
Post #2: A novel that started with zen gardens
This is tale #2 related to Post, which is being Kickstarted (along with The Sister Paradox, by Jack Campbell) by eSpec Books. For those following along at home, just as I’m getting ready to publish this, the Kisktarter is two days in, and it’s reached $1135 dollars, or about a third of what it needs to fund. […]
POST #1. POST! Really…my novel Post is now on Kickstarter!
I’m pleased to announce that eSpec Books is publishing my novel POST via Kickstarter. I wrote POST some time (pre-MFA) and I’m pleased to have it see a bright, shiny daylight right alongside a Jack Campbell novel. I’ll talk about it here every few days to tell the story of how the book started, how it got picked up […]
A Review of Four and Half Year’s Worth of Work
A review of my most recent four book series (in two duologies) came out yesterday. Duology 1 is The Creative Fire and The Diamond Deep, and Duology 2 is Edge of Dark and Spear of Light. All of them came out from Pyr. The second two books came out because after I finished the first story, I wanted to explore […]
Mailing List! Book Giveaway!
I’m establishing a mailing list Hello! I’m establishing a mailing list so that I have a better way to keep in touch with people who are interested in my writing. I’ve been using social media, which works well for many things. But I know I miss a lot of news from authors I like based […]
Finally, a Promise Kept: Wordfire contracts for The Making War
Many years ago, I put out my first series of novels. It began with The Silver Ship and the Sea. As often happens with new children, not everything went well. The Silver Ship and the Sea came out to good reviews and sold well for an SF debut by an unknown author. It won the Endeavor […]
Edge of Dark Nominated for the P.K. Dick Award
I’m really touched and flattered and pleased….and a bit shocked happy. I just learned that Edge of Dark is a finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award. The award is presented annually with the support of the Philip K. Dick Trust for distinguished science fiction published in paperback original form in the United States. The award is […]
End of First Semester: Being a Mid-Career MFA Student
In my day job (IT Management), it’s normal to go back to school mid-career to get new skills and hop up a rung. Apparently the creative writing career is different; the goal of the MFA is to get published, and after you are published, you don’t really need one. But I’ve never been conventional. I […]
