This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. Over the course of the first month of 2016, I experimented with removing the Amazon exclusivity from Hand of Mars (Starship's Mage Omnibus had never been exclusive with Amazon) and running promotions to see if I could get the non-Amazon retailer sales of both books to equal, at least, the December Kindle Unlimited royalties for Hand of Mars alone. I ... Read more »
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Starship’s Mage: Episodes come down
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. One year and eighteen days ago, the Omnibus of all five Episodes of the original Starship's Mage went up. Since then, I've been wondering at what point to take the individual episodes down. Someone buying all five of them actually paid me less than someone buying the cheaper Omnibus. We went through a number of hoops trying to make clear the ... Read more »
Looking Forward – 2016
As I mentioned previously in my post Looking Backwards, 2015 was a mind-boggling year for me. I released four novels (City in the Sky, Space Carrier Avalon, Hand of Mars and Stellar Fox), made a deal with Tantor Media to release audiobooks of my main-line books (Space Carrier Avalon, Starship's Mage, and Hand of Mars have all been released as of this blog post), and in general have watched my mostly forsaken dream of being an author explode into reality. So what's coming in 2016? My target ... Read more »
Merry Christmas
A Blessed Solstice, Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. ... Read more »
Stellar Fox Out Now
Stellar Fox, the sequel to Space Carrier Avalon, is out now! Check it out on Amazon here and on CreateSpace here LEGENDARY … AND UNTESTED Captain Kyle Roberts delivered one of the Castle Federation’s few victories in the early days of the war. Even losing his ship in the process didn’t prevent him being elevated as the hero – the “Stellar Fox” – his country desperately needed. His status with the public demands a worthy command, and he finds himself on the bridge of the Federation’s ... Read more »
Two Years On
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. Two years ago today, I launched Starship's Mage: Episode 1 on Amazon. I had high hopes for its success - I quite liked the novella and was very pleased with it. Over the course of it's first three months, however, it sold less than 100 copies. The general fate, so far as I can tell, of any stand-alone e-novella from a new author. I was disappointed ... Read more »