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…
Read MoreImmortal Series Order: Mandatory and Optional Reading
Ahead of the release of the sixth (and perhaps final) book of the Immortal Series (Immortal: Last Call, coming out Jan 7, 2020), it’s time for one last review of what to read first, and in what order. This time, I’m breaking up the list between mandatory and optional additional reading, for reasons that will…
Read MoreImmortal: Last Call sneak preview
As you know, Immortal: Last Call will be on sale January 7th, 2020, (and can be preordered right now). To whet your collective appetites, here’s a look at the prologue! Paul Wassermann was awake, on account of the full moon. At this time of year and this time of evening, the moonlight always seemed to…
Read MoreImmortal: Last Call, available for preorder
The sixth (and final?) novel in The Immortal Series is now available for preorder! You can pick up Immortal: Last Call from one of the ebook retailers by following the links at the bottom. Also, we performed a minor cover redesign after I realized the lettering disappeared a little when the cover was shrunk down…
Read MoreImmortal: Last Call cover reveal
I’m happy to announce that the sixth Immortal novel will be available SOON. I’m currently in the middle of rewrites that I hope to wrap up by the end of this month. Look for an announcement of a firm release date in this space in the next couple of weeks, along with (maybe) a peek…
Read MoreOn being a hybrid author, and: Apocalypse Seven is coming!
Earlier this year, I decided to sell a book to a publisher. I’m not talking about a book I’d already published. Dutiful readers of this space will recall that I’ve already done this once, in 2018, when John Joseph Adams Books (an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) bought the rights to The Spaceship Next Door,…
Read MorePlanning Ahead
When it comes to writing, I’m not what you call a good planner of things. I get an idea for a premise, a character, and maybe a vague idea of a storyline, and I’m off. Immortal guy who writes like a blogger? I’m there. Spaceship that lands and then refuses to do anything? Let’s find…
Read MoreEncore Boston Harbor: opening day
[Note: As I’m mostly an author, I mostly write about authorly things here. But, I am also occasionally a human being, and so I occasionally write about human being things here. This is one of those times.] Introduction Encore Boston Harbor, a large casino, opened up in the Boston area Sunday, which was great news…
Read MoreFixer Redux release day!
Today’s the day! Run on down to your neighborhood ebook retailer and pick up a copy of Fixer Redux! Be the first kid on your block to know what happens next with Corrigan Bain, the man who can (kind of) see the future! Check out the Fixer Redux page for more. What you can expect The…
Read MoreWhat if Amazon Killed Kindle Unlimited?
A thought experiment What if Amazon killed Kindle Unlimited? I’m asking the question without any actual information that this is going to happen, so consider this a thought experiment, with a half-decent understanding of the indie marketplace sprinkled in. It’s not an alarm. Although…maybe it could be, because there are signs out there, if you…
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