Put on your party hats, because we have a birthday to celebrate. TERMS OF ENLISTMENT is ten years old this month. I brought it out in March 2013, and 47North bought it (and the second Frontlines novel, LINES OF DEPARTURE) in May of that year. Thanks to everyone who has ever bought this book…
Author: Marko Kloos
30 years ago
When I checked the calendar for something unrelated earlier this week, I realized that I turned in my gear and became a civilian again exactly 30 years ago this month, after serving 4 years and 2 months in the German Army. I was only 21 when I got out because I was barely 17 when…
Boneless Andy
Dog broke. Please advise.
My two favorite words to write
This is the part of the novel that the reader hates to read and the writer loves to write. Whenever I type those two words, it’s like a permission slip for my brain to let go of something that has occupied it every day for the better part of a year. I just turned in…
Worst criminal ever
I don’t think I need to hire an investigator to find the identity of the culprit who stole a handful of animal crackers from the low table next to the recliner.
Insta-tired
Dinky of House Doo, first of her name. I still have an Instagram account, but it has been getting increasingly annoying to be served with stuff that has no connection to my friend feed, things that Facebook/Meta thinks I should see. Every time I check Instagram these days, I see two or three posts…
Achtung! Kein Kinderlakritz!
“An acquired taste is an appreciation for something unlikely to be enjoyed by a person who has not had substantial exposure to it. It is the opposite of innate taste, which is the appreciation for things that are enjoyable by most persons without prior exposure to them.” –Wikipedia I explained the concept of acquired taste…
An end-of-year update
Today is the winter solstice, which means the year is pretty much in the bag, so I figured I should do an update because all the cool kids are doing a 2022 recap. It was a mixed bag of a year for me. I am currently working on getting the next novel out of the…
The trusty Battlestar
This beast is five years old this month. I bought it in December of 2017, and it’s been a rock-solid workhorse ever since. When I configured it online, I picked all the top-shelf options, which is probably the reason for its longevity. (For the tech nerds, it’s an Alienware AW17R4 with a Core i7-7820HK, 32GB…
The Art of LD+R
Today is my birthday, so I’ll call this one a birthday gift because it arrived in the mail this afternoon. It’s called The Art of Love Death + Robots, and it showcases the artwork for all the episodes from the three seasons of LD+R on Netflix. My contributions to Season 1 were “Shape-shifters” and “Lucky…