I’ve chatted with a few of you lately, especially around Christmas, when everyone was selecting their Christmas gift, and more than one of you asked when I was going to write more “Hammer” books. I’ve got two complete series; The Imperial Hammer and The Iron Hammer, both featuring Danny Andela and her friends. I loved […]
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NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover, April 15, 2018 This photo is a bit old now. It’s from the Mars Curiosity rover, in 2018. I only came across it the other day (or, to be precise, re-discovered it). I thought I’d share, even though it’s a pretty ordinary looking photo. The average teenager with a cellphone could
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A quick reminder that Hammer and Crucible is free at all retailers, everywhere, including my store on Stories Rule Press, but not for long. The deal expires at midnight MST tomorrow night, and the book returns to the full retail price. The interstellar array which links worlds together wakes to find it has enemies… The
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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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