New Release

As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I can’t believe that I have four series out–enough to build a sample series starter boxed set…. There’s quite a range in this set.  If you’ve only read one series of mine, this is a great way to check out the rest. The Space Opera Firsts boxed set

Space opera is generally optimistic in nature, although sometimes it can take a very dark turn, especially New Space Opera. I tend to lean toward the happy, unbeat endings, myself.  I prefer them in my reading, too. But sometimes the characters and situations just won’t let me take a story in that direction. That’s what

I get eye rolls when I mention the title of this book.  🙂 Today, we’re two weeks away from release, so that means, normally, you get the first chapter.  But as Widowmaker is a novella, I’ll give you, instead, a long-ish excerpt from the front of the story. Excerpt EXCERPT FROM THE MAKER OF WIDOWMAKERS’

If you’ve read the Iron Hammer series, then there’s a bonus in today’s anthology release — a short story from the series. “Insanity is Infectious” is from Lyth’s point of view, not Danny’s.  A real change of pace! It’s also a standalone story; you don’t have to have read the series to enjoy it. Space

A couple of weeks from now, Stories Rule Press’ Space Opera Digest 2022:  Have Ship Will Travel will be released.  It’s edited by Tracy Cooper-Posey, one of the other authors on SRP, and I have a story in it;  “Insanity is Infectious”.  The story is part of the Iron Hammer series, but you can read

Book covers are often a painful business for authors.  Especially for authors who are traditionally published, when the design and final cover of their novel is completely out of their hands.  Publishers can make some seemingly insane decisions about covers and all the author can do is say “thank you”. Barry Eisler, the thriller writer,

We’re two weeks away from the release of The Captain Who Broke the Rules, Book 2 of the Ptolemy Lane Tales.  So here’s a big chunk of the start of the story. Excerpt EXCERPT FROM THE CAPTAIN WHO BROKE THE RULESCOPYRIGHT © CAMERON COOPER 2022ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The Captain Who Broke The Rules On my

Another SF author, Michéle LaFramboise, who is also in the upcoming Space Opera Digest from Stories Rule Press (I’ll give you more details about that another day), told me about the coolest site I’ve run across lately. The Pulp-O-Mizer generates old pulp-style covers that you can customize with your own text, and make choices about