I started this blog on August 21, 2012, with the release of my first book, Titan Encounter. Since that time, I’ve updated the website several times and I’m gradually updating the blog format and bringing it into this new journal. Back then, the sole purpose of the blog was to promote my books, but it gradually expanded to new topics. Sometimes I’ve mused about other things that are important to me, such as my family, my farm, rural life, and occasionally about politics and the country. However, I do try to limit politics.
The promotional copies of my debut novel, Titan Encounter, are in!
As I mentioned earlier, the novel is now out in paperback and is available on Amazon for $7.78. However, I have received a limited number of promotional copies to give away.
Read MoreThe first 14 chapters of the novel have been sent to the editor. I’ve written 14 additional chapters and should be working on the climax of the book now. Unless I go crazy with some new subplot Through Many Fires will have 29 chapters and be about 69,500 words long.
Read MoreTitan Encounter came out in paperback today.
The sun was shining and all seemed right with the world this morning when I received word that the paperback version of Titan Encounter was out on Amazon. Thank you to everyone who bought the Kindle version and especially those of you who reviewed it.
Read MoreI’ve always liked the feel of a book in my hand.
I’ve published two books on Kindle—soon to be three, but today was the first time I have been able to actually feel one of them.
Read MoreThrough Many Fires, my third and latest novel, just moved one step closer to release.
I’ve been working with Micah Hansen, the graphic designer who has done all my artwork, since March. He is still working on the back and spine, but yesterday he sent me the cover that you see here.
Read MoreThe old Beatles song, Paperback Writer, keeps running through my mind because Titan Encounter will soon be available in paperback.
Read MoreOften the hardest task for me is deciding the title of a new book.
For nearly a year I’ve been calling my latest writing project TEOTWAWKI “The End Of The World As We Know It.” That was never going to be the final title, but I needed to call it something. I don’t worry about the title of the book until I’m just about done. Well, I’m just about done.
Read MoreUnfortunately, art is one of those classes that we don’t often offer at Eek School.
We wish we could offer art more often, but reading, Writing and Math take priority and art teachers willing to come to the bush Alaska are hard to find. That doesn’t mean that our students are any less artistic. Art is very much a part of the Yup’ik culture. I wish the students would do more with traditional themes, but for some reason they often like to draw me.
Read MoreHere in Eek, Alaska snow still drifts several feet high and covers the ground as far as one can see. The river is still a frozen trail that zigzags by the village. You can still ice fish up here, but the days are getting longer. However, that doesn’t mean I have enough daylight to get everything done. Each day just seems longer and busier.
Read MoreFriday was Spring Break here in Eek, Alaska!
Okay, actually we had Friday and the weekend off for a grand total of three days! We don’t celebrate many of the holidays, like Veteran’s or President’s Day, in the village schools so three days off is actually nice.
Read MoreToday, Final Duty - The Alien War Anthology, my second book, appeared on both the Amazon.com Kindle Science Fiction anthology and the short story bestseller lists. Final Duty has been on the anthology bestseller list for four days.
Read MoreFinal 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 MoreI hope you will join me on Goodreads. Amazon recently acquired this social media service where you can catalog and share book recommendations with over 12 million members
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 MoreFree on Kindle today--two of my ebooks!
If you have visited this website before you probably know that on social media I often list books that are being offered free. Well, for the next 24 hours my own books, Titan Encounter and Final Duty, will be free on Kindle.
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.
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