I started this blog on August 21, 2012, with the release of my first book, Titan Encounter. Most of those posts are now in what I call the “Early Blog.” I’m gradually updating their format and bringing them into this new journal. Back then the sole purpose of the blog was to promote my books, but gradually that changed.
That’s how it started but, over the years, I’ve mused about other things that are important to me, such as my family, my farm, rural life, and occasionally about politics and country. However, I try to limit the politics in this journal. If you want to know more about my political leaning go to The Conservative Alternative.
Final Duty - The Alien War Anthology, my second book has been on the Amazon.com Kindle Science Fiction anthology bestseller list for the last two days.
The top 100 books on any Amazon bestseller list are updated hourly and yesterday morning I spotted Final Duty at the number 93 spot. After that, I watched the book climb all day until it reached the number 50 spot.
Read MoreAs a new author what I need most of all is for people to read my stories. I’m confident that if they do read my work they will spread the word and buy later novels. So, this week I have been promoting Titan Encounter and Final Duty in various ways.—and it has paid off!
Read MoreMy second book, Final Duty, – the Alien War Anthology, is now available on Kindle.
The anthology takes its name from the novella, Final Duty, a 15,000-word story that leads off the book. In that story, Lieutenant Amy Palmer returns to the Altair star system as an officer aboard the reconnaissance ship Mirage twenty years after the death of her father during the Battle of Altair, Almost immediately disaster strikes, and Amy, along with the crew of the Mirage, must face the possibility of performing their final duties.
Read MoreLeaving Eek during the winter is always an iffy proposition. Since we travel in small bush planes, if it is too foggy or windy we can’t fly, but, fortunately, the weather should be good on Thursday. However, the runway lights are broken at the airfield and no one seems to be able to fix them so we must leave during daylight. There isn’t a lot of daylight up here right now.
Read MoreA few days ago I got an email from Amazon.com asking, “Are you looking for something in our Science Fiction & Fantasy books department? If so, you might be interested in these items.”
Read MoreThe mushroom cloud consumes the President, his cabinet, the Vice President, senators, representatives, Supreme Court Justices, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff as they gather for the President’s speech. After witnessing the destruction of the capital city, Caden Westmore embarks on a journey to his boyhood home in Washington State, but over the next few days, terrorists attack other cities and society unravels.
Read MoreThe world of books is changing every day for both authors and readers.
I received an email today from Amazon.com informing me that Titan Encounter is now available in India.
In the past, as an unknown author without a contract with a publisher, I would have to pay to print my books and then try to get bookstores to stock them. Then I would have to somehow market them.
Read More"Justin starts one morning as a respected businessman and ends the day a fugitive wanted by every power in the known universe. Fleeing with his ‘sister’ Mara and Naomi, a mysterious woman from Earth Empire, their only hope of refuge is with the Titans, genetically enhanced soldiers who rebelled, and murdered millions in the Titanomachy War."
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