Tandemstar: Two Suns at Sunset excerpt

We’re one week away from the release day for book one of Tandemstar: The Outcast Cycle —Two Suns at Sunset This seems like a good time for a sneak peek at the book! Enjoy!   Two Suns at Sunset Chapter One The clanging on the radiator pipe woke up Makk about ten minutes before his…

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All About Print Editions

I’m probably going to bore you today. I want to talk a little about print editions, and I’m afraid that when I do so, I’m going to end up so far in the weeds that you’ll discover that I have bored you. Hopefully, this will be a surprise. Anyway, you’ve been warned. Now then. Let’s talk…

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Tandemstar: Two Suns at Sunset in audio

Way back in the halcyon days of, oh, April, 2019, I made a number of discrete choices regarding how to plan out the next few years of my writing career. They were as follows: write a standalone apocalypse book to sell to the publisher; plan and self-publish a new sci-fi series to fill in the…

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Tandemstar: World Map

I have learned, over the years, that I’m not the most visual of people. When presented with a list of numbers (an Excel sheet, say) and a graph of those same numbers, I learn more from the list than from the graph. Worse, when presented with only the graph, I generally need someone to either explain…

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Tandemstar: The Planet Dib

Space Tower

As we approach the release date for the first book in the Tandemstar series (Two Suns at Sunset, Book One in the Outcast Cycle) I thought it’d better carve out some time to discuss the planet itself. Specifically, let’s talk about something that has always bothered me about created universes in works of fiction. Let’s…

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The Tandemstar project

Two Suns at Sunset cover

Just about a year ago, I had an idea for something bigger. At the time, the sixth book of the Immortal series, Immortal: Last Call didn’t yet exist. (Although I had begun writing it.) I knew it was going to end up being the final book for Adam, if not forever then for a while. Understand that for…

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Boskone 57

Hi, everyone! I’ll be available at Boskone 57 next weekend, Feb. 14-16! You can read all about this long-running sci-fi/fantasy convention at the Boskone website. It’s a lot of fun, and if you’re in the Boston area already, it’s pretty easy to get to, at the Westin Waterfront Hotel. I’ll be appearing formally on four…

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Immortal: Last Call release day!

Today’s the day! The (possibly last) book in the Immortal novel series, Immortal: Last Call, is now available in all the usual places. Note that as of this writing, the Amazon print edition is listed separately from the ebook. Look for the audiobook sometime in February; recording will commence at the end of this month.…

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Sixty Thoughts on Star Wars

I had a bunch of thoughts after watching The Rise of Skywalker. Here are sixty of them. SPOILER ALERT: Stop reading if you haven’t seen all nine of the Star Wars films, plus Rogue One. If you missed Solo, that’s okay, because I’m pretending it didn’t exist. 1: I’ve been thinking a lot about what…

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