This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. So I decided to try an experiment. I've joined with a number of other Kindle authors of varying levels of success to launch an anthology of 'firsts.' Each of us submitted the first piece of a serialized piece of fiction. The anthology is Experiments & Enchantments, and it includes Starship's Mage Episode One. (While I presume most people reading ... Read more »
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Hand of Mars Snippet 1
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. As I speak, Space Carrier Avalon is finishing its second week of sales, and is currently ranking in the top ten for Space Opera on Amazon around the world. Since I am currently almost completely unable to digest this sufficiently to blog about it, here's the first scene from Mage-King's Hand (the sequel to Starship's Mage) ... Read more »
Space Carrier Avalon Released!
My new Space Opera Novel, Space Carrier Avalon, is now out on Kindle! The Fleet’s Old Lady – out for one last dance Avalon was the flagship of the Castle Federation in the last war, now twenty years past. The first of the deep space carriers, no other warship in the fleet holds as many honors or has recorded as many kills. No other warship in the fleet is as old. Accepting the inevitable, the Federation Space Navy has decided to refit her and send her on a ... Read more »
Space Carrier Avalon Snippet
Hopefully coming in the next week or so, here's the first several scenes of Space Carrier Avalon: ... Read more »
The Numbers Don’t Lie
So there will be some changes hitting in the coming days to the availability of some of my books. In my day job, I'm a Financial Analyst - which basically means I break down numbers, trends and data to produce conclusions that are useful for decision-making. Since I actually enjoy my day job, I applied those skillsets to tracking my book sales and writing (there are some very complicated spreadsheets on my computer). One of the pieces of analysis I did was on Kindle Unlimited versus ... Read more »
Life, and the Space Carrier Avalon Release Date
The release date for Space Carrier Avalon has been pushed back to the beginning of June. While the various delays really should only push it back a week, unfortunately that puts it into the middle of my move into my new house. For some strange reason, I don't plan on trying to edit and assemble publication files while my working setups are either packed or split between houses! In other news, we bought our first house, an adorable little condo townhome tucked away in one of Calgary's older ... Read more »