I snagged a BookBub Feature Deal (they’re hard to get) this week. So from today through to January 3rd, Hammer and Crucible is free everywhere. The interstellar array which links worlds together wakes to find it has enemies… The Fourth Carinad Empire stretches across hundreds of settled worlds and stellar cities, and thousands of light […]
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In 2016, NASA released a collection of posters featuring exoplanets and other stellar destinations, as travel posters. Extremely high resolution, large scale versions of them were available, and as I was pretty hooked by them, a family member who had access to a high resolution plotter and plastic printing sheets, downloaded the files (they’re free),
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The TV series, Foundation, has just finished its second season on Apple TV. I thought everyone who cares about good science fiction would know about the series, but a reader I was conversing with the other day was not aware of it. Because of that conversation, I thought I’d mention the show here. Perhaps Apple
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Have you ever been asked to leave a review, or finished a really good book, and thought about leaving a review, but in the back of your mind, thought: “Why bother? I’m no one. No one cares what I think, and it’s just one review.” Author Kristen Lamb released a post on her blog recently,
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I’ve made a standing joke out of the fact that I don’t speak anything but English, but that I’m fluent in Australian, British, Canadian and American. It really isn’t a joke. As an author of genre fiction, I learned very early on – with my first manuscript, in fact – that I was expected to
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I feel a bit self-conscious, writing this post, but it seems to be a perfectly normal practice among Science Fiction and Fantasy writers, magazines, and any other individual or organization who is eligible for this pair of well-known and highly regard industry awards. The nomination periods for both the Hugo Awards and the Nebula Awards
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I grew up without a television and in a tiny town with no other kids. So I read. A lot. Keeping this list to just five major influencers was therefore a major challenge. These are in no particular order. Mary Stewart Mary Stewart is primarily known for her Merlin series, which is how I came
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This is a quick heads up to watch my emails for the next little while. There is a big deal in the works that I think you’re going to like. A lot. Details soon.
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Here’s a bunch of miscellaneous thoughts and ideas I’ve collected over the years that help with the acquisition of new and interesting books. 1. It doesn’t matter where you live on the ball, you can still browse through Amazon.com. 2. Depending on where you’re located on the globe, you may not be able to buy
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A quick roundup of news and mailbag questions, today. __________ Lately, I’ve received a rash of emails that go something along these lines: I don’t read ebooks. I prefer real books. You should think about putting your books in bookstores for people who like reading books. I would buy them, then. I suspect that the
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