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The X-wing Books are Out of Print

The X-wing Books are Out of Print

Usually when an envelope arrives from your publisher during royalty time, it’s a happy event. This time, not so much. A quick glance at the statements revealed that Bantam Spectra chose, during the second half of 2010, to let my Star Wars™ X-wing novels go out of print. Getting the news that such a decision […]

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Is It Really April?

Is It Really April?

It’s hard to believe it is April already. Things have pretty much been a blur since St. Valentine’s Day, when I flew over to Los Angeles to watch a rough-cut of the new Conan the Barbarian movie. It will be out on August 19th of this year, and the novelization will be available about six […]

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Story Idea Ambush

Story Idea Ambush

Because my relationship with the English language is often contentious—especially when it comes to spelling—I tend to take poorly worded and misspelled messages with a grain of salt. I mean, today I got a note from someone touting his company’s web design service and their specialty of serving authors, with the subject line of “Why […]

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Talion: Revenant Chapter Seven

Talion: Revenant Chapter Seven

The goal of the 10,000 copy sequel challenge is to sell copies of Talion: Revenant so I can afford to take the time to write Talion: Nemesis. To build up momentum for the effort, I’ve decided to serialize the novel to the web. In this way I can let readers who’ve not had a chance […]

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Casting Call: In Hero Years… I’m Dead

Casting Call: In Hero Years… I’m Dead

In the past I’ve been asked by folks what I’d do if Hollywood came calling about a book of mine. I generally answer that I would “take the money and run.” I’m still of that opinion. But the other day I was given reason to think about my superhero noir novel, In Hero Years… I’m […]

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Why New Worlds: Markets

Why New Worlds: Markets

In early 2011 I was going through a novel of mine, Eyes of Silver, cleaning up a scan from the paperback version. I’d not looked at the book in thirteen years, save for finding a couple of references that I used in my Age of Discovery novels. (Yes, the books are linked.) Cleaning up the […]

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D&D Banned in Wisconsin Prisons

D&D Banned in Wisconsin Prisons

A lot of folks have posted outraged and concerned commentaries on a recent 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that upholds a ban against Dungeons & Dragons in the Wisconsin prison system. Many folks, in writing those commentaries, have referenced me and my work defending gaming against all manner of kookiness. I’m honored and flattered […]

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