There's a lot going on on my end, but as I'm currently neck deep in pushing hard on Hand of Mars, I will have to blog about that later! This is just a quick announcement to let you all know that Tantor Media will be releasing the audio book of Space Carrier Avalon on September 15, 2015. They already have a sample clip up on their website. For the moment, Avalon is the only one of my books getting an audiobook, but we'll see how it goes! As with all things in this day and age, I have ... Read more »
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Experiments & Enchantments
This blog post was published on and may be out of date.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 »
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 »
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 »
City in the Sky Released!
City in the Sky has finally been released - and one lucky member of the mailing list has won a copy! Check it out on Amazon here or Smashwords here. Other vendors to follow as they update. Trapped between two peoples Erik Tarverro is a half-breed raised as a smith in the human city of Vidran. Hounded for his mixed blood and denied mastery in his craft, he leaps at the chance to join his father’s people in the Sky City of Newport. There, he learns he is the only heir of an ... Read more »