Tapas (a.k.a. My Blog)

Terraforming Mars

With the movie “The Martian” coming out soon, and hearing Elon Musk talk about adding green house gases to the Martian atmosphere to warm the planet brings back thoughts I had when I was working on an FTL, far-future scifi novel where the main character was a native-born Martian. When the idea first came to … Read More

Shepherds Sale Coming

Hi all, Just a tip for those who visit the website and check out these posts, Shepherds, which has been my best selling novel and continues to get good reviews and requests for a sequel, will go on sale mid-September for 99 cents.  While I don’t want to shut off sales at the regular price, … Read More

War Party sequel

The first complete draft of the sequel to War Party is nearly done.  Tommy had another vision, though how that comes about is less than a happy occasion.  Still, it sets him off on a quest to figure out what the vision means and what he must do about it.  First draft only but it’s … Read More

A visit to the Madison Writers Group

On Thursday, May 21, 2015, I was the guest speaker at the Senior Moments Writers Group at the Madison, Ohio, Senior Center. The writers group meeting went well and actually had a number of people join in who aren’t normally part of the group. We discussed writing, my books, the general state of publishing today, covers … Read More

FREE Draft Chapters

For those who asked, the sequel to War Party is taking shape. Well, at least there is a general plot, a cast of characters, many of whom you’ll know from War Party, and a couple hundred pages of rough draft. As the drafts get polished and chapters are completed (or at least closer to final … Read More

Something New

Last night we participated in the Books & Cooks event at the Madison, Ohio Public Library. One young woman came by our table and talked to us about how much she liked to read and what kinds of books she was interested in. She seemed most interested in War Party but soon strolled away. A … Read More

Sale Over

Thanks to everyone who purchased a copy of Shepherds while it was on sale.  It is now my best selling novel, and one that I really like.  I hope those who read it enjoy it.

Last Day Shepherds on Sale

This is it, the last day Shepherds will be on sale for 99 cents.  And today it is featured at Choosy Books, link is here:  http://choosybookworm.com/product-category/sciencefiction/ Check it out.

Shepherds print and ebook sale

The ebook version of Shepherds remains on sale for a few more days at Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble (for Nook), Kobo in Canada, Scribd and Page Foundry. It is 99₵ but will revert to $3.99 soon. Links to these outlets are at the bottom. And if you know someone who reads ebooks and might … Read More

Shepherds On Sale

For a limited time the ebook version of Shepherds is on sale for 99 cents and is featured on the KindleBoards Book Discovery.