If you're a writer and you've ever had the good fortune of experiencing someone who wants you to sign their copy of your book, this likely has happened to you at least once ( Read more... )

A bit of setup: I recently learned that a movie I've not yet seen is actually based on a kid's book. Intrigued at the idea of perhaps getting a new book to one day read to the girls, off to Amazon I went. The book looks to be available in a couple of different print as well as e-Book formats, in its original edition as well as one with a cover ( Read more... )

Back in October, I blogged about a new Star Trek coming from my friend Bob Greenberger: Star Trek: The Complete Unauthorized History from Voyageur Press. For those of you who might be interested in this book and yet haven't been keeping up with the latest happenings as it gestates, Bob and Voyageur Press have released the book's cover. Behold, ( Read more... )

Wait...whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

That's right, folks: this month marks the 10-year anniversary of my first novel, In the Name of Honor, being published. While it wasn't my first professional, paying writing work, I suppose one could argue that it's still a milestone deserving of mention.

So, um, here's me...mentioning it.


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Earlier this week, friend, fellow word slinger, and our main co-conspirator for the Star Trek: Vanguard series, David Mack, posted the cover art and copy for what will be the series' final installment, Storming Heaven:

“I WAS THERE UNTIL THE END, MATE.
THE BITTER, BLOODY END.”

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Well, it's posted on the Simon and Schuster website, so I suppose it's safe to do so here, as well. Here's the final cover art and back cover copy blurb which will adorn That Which Divides, my Star Trek original series-era novel coming early next year. Behold, yo:


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I mentioned this a few weeks back on Facebook, but it was another gray, gloomy day here in Kansas City. Whenever I leave the house on days like this, I almost always think about the opening lines from Richard Matheson's I Am Legend. Yep, it happened again today. You know what I'm talkin' about:

On those cloudy days, Robert Neville was never ( Read more... )

Wanna buy some books for folks this Christmas? Maybe you do, but you're not finding that special something at Barnes & Noble or Books-A-Million which can definitely kickstart a conversation (or kick it in the onions, if that's what you're gunnin' for). Hunting and scrolling through pages of Amazon listings not giving you any ideas? Well, then ( Read more... )

Maggie Bonham over at Sky Warrior Books has released the holiday shopping hounds, offering all fourteen of the titles published in e-Book format under the SW banner for the low, low price of $.99! The sale is going on right now, and continues on through CyberMonday (November 28th).

If Kindle is your kink, then you can get them via Amazon.com: ( Read more... )

Found this picture while cleaning up my mailbox. It's from the "Meet the Pros" party at the Shore Leave convention back in July. I was signing a copy of Gods of Justice, the superhero anthology which bought and published one of my short stories, and which I'd only obtained earlier in the day just prior to the start of the convention. I was ( Read more... )