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 »
General Writing
Success and the 900lb Gorilla
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit the books page for up to date links and releases. Space Carrier Avalon has been an EPIC success. As of writing this post, with Avalon having been out for about twenty-eight days, it sits at roughly #600 on Kindle. It peaked about #325, and hit the top ten for Space Opera and Military SF on every single English-speaking Amazon site. It is, without any real argument, a bestselling independent novel. Before I say anything ... Read more »
Release Schedule
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. The bottom of the front page has now been updated with a schedule of the planned release dates for 2015. They are as follows: City in the Sky: Late March. Also known as 'Very Soon Now (TM)" Space Carrier Avalon: May or June. I'm aiming for the end of May, but I've got about 25,000 words left to go, plus at least one edit cycle. If it slips into ... Read more »
Projects Update
There's been a bit of radio silence on here the few weeks - I started a new job in January, and while it's been an absolute blast, its also taking most of my brainpower during the week. Most of what's left goes into writing rather than posting here. Somehow, I suspect everyone's okay with that! Figured I would throw out a quick update on what I'm working on: The main project right now is Space Carrier Avalon. This is at 47,000 words, and tracking relatively well for a target release date ... Read more »
The Glynn Stewart How-To Guide for Self-Publishing
A few people have asked me for a guide on the mechanics of self-publishing. Thankfully, most people seem to realize that 'being successful' at self-publishing is both a vague metric and a lot harder to tell people how to do! Last night I sat down and finally wrote it. I used the same style I'd use for a basic office process manual, so it gets pretty simplistic at points. For the curious, the text is after the cut: ... Read more »
Happy Holidays / 2014 Round-up
First of all, I hope everyone has had / is having a Happy Hannukah, Merry Christmas, Blessed Yule, or general Happy Winter Holiday! 2014 has been an incredible year for me from a writing perspective. Late 2013 I launched Starship's Mage: Episode 1, and the response by the beginning of 2014 had been pretty lackluster. I figured this was not entirely unexpected for a single novella lurking in the lost depths of Amazon, so I continued writing the other Episodes. They have slowly but surely grown ... Read more »