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Back in 2007, if you were visiting this blog, you saw me talk a bit about a novel I was writing on spec. On spec is a writer’s way of saying he’s working without a contract, which is kind of like a high-wire act working without a net. The novel was In Hero Years…I’m Dead. […]

November is almost here and I have a novel to write. Of Limited Loyalty is the second book in the Crown Colonies series. It picks up roughly three years after At the Queen’s Command. As I did last year, I’ll be putting a lot of words on the project during November. I’ll also be blogging […]

(For your reading pleasure, the second chapter of At The Queen’s Command) Chapter Two April 27, 1763 Temperance Bay, Mystria Owen Strake disembarked from the Coronet once the longboats had pulled it to the dock. His papers had been sent ahead with the Harbormaster, bound for Her Majesty’s Military headquarters. The Prince’s Life Guards had […]

Full Disclosure Note: I own ten (10) shares of Starbucks stock. On October 20th, 2010 Starbucks rolled out the Starbucks Digital Network. The link goes to their press release. The network was developed in conjunction with Yahoo. Via the free Wifi in company owned stores, Starbucks is providing premium content which one can only get […]

(For your reading pleasure, the first chapter of At The Queen’s Command) Chapter One April 27, 1763 Coronet Temperance Bay, Mystria Captain Owen Strake stood on the Coronet’s wheeldeck, smiling as the ship came around the headland. The wind remained steady, but in the harbor the sea lost its chop. The rising sun painted blue […]

I just visited Project Gutenberg looking for books from the American Colonial period and just beyond. The other day I’d found and downloaded an encyclopedia of “useful information” published in 1889, which had fascinating stuff in it. One article, for example, reflected the scientific thought of the day about the origin of oil—and did so […]

I always get a huge thrill out of holding a copy of a book of mine which has been translated into another language. The Grand Crusade is a September release in France through Milady. Marc Simonetti again provided a gorgeous cover, and Sebastien Baert did the translation. Translating me not a task I’d envy anyone. […]