AFTERSHOCKS made the Dragon Awards shortlist in the Military SF category this year. Thanks to whoever voted to get it onto the shortlist! I’ve been nominated before, but I’ve never taken one of those cool trophies home. DragonCon and the awards are virtual this year just like every other con, so I won’t be going…
Branching out into fantasy, I guess
I have decided to become one of those eccentric writers and start handing in all my manuscripts to my editor hand-written in one of these: I really hope those are the Infinity Stones, and that’s the Time Stone in the center because that’s the one I’d use all the time to extend deadlines. (That item…
Knaves Over Queens paperback release day
Today is release day for the paperback version of KNAVES OVER QUEENS, the first Wild Cards mosaic novel with a British setting and theme. I contributed the novella “Probationary” to this volume, featuring an alternate history version of the Falklands conflict told from the perspective of a rookie British ace, Rory Campbell a.k.a. “Archimedes”. (It’s…
The most epic battle scene in literature and/or film DON’T @ ME.
Then suddenly Merry felt it at last, beyond doubt: a change. Wind was in his face! Light was glimmering…. But at that same moment there was a flash, as if lightning had sprung from the earth beneath the City. For a searing second it stood dazzling far off in black and white, its topmost…
Social Distancing Summer in the 603
This is half a mile from our house. I go for a stroll down there quite often and set up a little folding outdoor chair to write in the fresh air (and away from WiFi/LTE.) Other people pay money to come here on vacation, and we get to have this any time we want. I…
You wake up one morning and half the year is gone
It seems that it’s July already, which means that 2020 is officially halfway over. Let’s hope that the first half of the year wasn’t just a warm-up. Things are going pretty okay here at the Castle Frostbite Magic Novel Factory. We are still doing the social distancing thing and have been keeping to ourselves since…
BALLISTIC give-away follow-up
Most of the winners of the give-away have sent me their info to receive the books. I still need Ghost Rider 6, Bobby Williams, and Johanna to check their email and reply to the message they received. (I sent it to the email you used to register your comments, so if that one isn’t set…
BALLISTIC giveaway winners
There were exactly 100 entries for the giveaway, with three duplicate entries, and I have 10 books up for grabs, so your chances were slightly better than 1:10. Here are the winners, as picked by random number generator on numbergenerator.org: Scott Welch Ghost Rider 6 Martin Disch Harry Caudwell Justin Bell Elizabeth Rogers Bobby Williams…
Reading list interview
On the occasion of the BALLISTIC release today, Andrew Liptak has a fairly lengthy interview with me up on his reading list. I talk about Frontlines and Palladium Wars and a bunch of other things, so if you want to have some nuts-and-bolts insight on both series and get an idea what ORDERS OF BATTLE,…
BALLISTIC is out today
Today is release day for BALLISTIC, the second novel in the Palladium Wars series. You can obtain this fine product over at Amazon, where operators are standing by to take your money for the Kindle, trade paperback, hardcover, or audiobook versions. Heck, buy them all and complete the set! For the BALLISTIC giveaway, I have…