The piston knob on my favorite fountain pen broke recently, so I sent the pen (a Lamy 2000) off to the mothership in Germany for warranty repair. It came back a little while ago, with a delivery note listing the repairs which were performed at no charge. That’s some awesome customer service for a pen I…
Category: writing.
Quick office tour, February of twenty-four
I had to clean up and reorganize the desk today, so I took a picture of its pristine state while it lasts. The artwork on the wall: John Picacio cover for one of my Tor.com Wild Cards stories, Michael Komarck cover for LOW CHICAGO featuring my character Khan, and (above the pulse rifle prop…
SCORPIO contest winners
All right, the RNG gods have chosen. The winners are: Nicholas Clarke Dennis Hugh Lavery Santeri Declan David Peter Holmes Ashley R. Pollard Hendrik Bill Anderson Krzysztof Territorial Army Medic Marla McOmber Bjorn I’ll be sending out an email to the people on the list with instructions. If anyone doesn’t claim their copy by…
SCORPIO giveaway is now closed.
I’ll be going through the entries today with the help of the random numbers generator and pick a dozen winners from all the comments that have been left by the 1200h EST contest deadline. Watch this space for names, and if yours appears on the list–check your email.
SCORPIO release day
Today is the official release day for SCORPIO, first book in the Frontlines spin-off, Frontlines: Evolution. A bunch of you will have read it already because it was one of the Amazon First Reads selections for December, free to download for anyone with a Prime subscription. A few of you may have gotten your hands…
Obligatory end-of-year update
This is the last day of the year, so I guess I ought to do a quick recap of the year that is about to disappear in the rearview mirror. 2023 was…fine? I turned in two books this year (SCORPIO in February and DESCENT in October), so I am back in the groove as far…
SCORPIO on Amazon First Reads
It’s December 1st, which means I can share the reason why the official release date for SCORPIO was moved back a month and a half: SCORPIO is an Amazon First Reads selection for the month of December. If you’re a Prime member, you can download one of the month’s First Reads offerings for free, so…
Super-not-so-secret project in the works
I’m waiting for the first round of edits to come back for DESCENT, so I’ve decided to start a new project that should take just a few weeks to finish. See if you can spot a hint: I’ve reset the progress bar for the new project, so you can follow my progress if you…
DESCENT draft is in the bag
As you can see on the progress bar on the right side, the draft for DESCENT is complete at 101% of projected word count. I’d say that’s a landing smack in the middle of the touchdown zone. Now it goes off to the editor, and I get to do the traditional brain rinse where I…
15SEP23
As you can see from the progress bar, the draft for DESCENT is moving along steadily. I write faster the further I get into the book, and especially once I reach the last quarter, so I expect to be finished in another two weeks or so. Then it goes off to the developmental editor, and…