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…
Centers of Gravity is out today
Today’s the day: CENTERS OF GRAVITY, book 8 in the Frontlines series, is out and available for purchase today. If you pre-ordered the book, you should find it in your mailbox, Audible library, or on your Kindle (or maybe all three, in which case GO YOU.) This is (for now) the final of the Andrew…
Centers of Gravity giveaway winners
All right, folks! The Centers of Gravity giveaway is now officially closed. With 298 eligible comments by the deadline, you all had roughly a 1-in-30 chance to win one of the signed copies. I had the random number generator pick the ten winners, going by the order of comments on my WordPress control panel. They…
Centers of Gravity signed paperback giveaway
Here they are: ten fresh copies of Centers of Gravity, ready to be signed and mailed to their new owners. And the best part is that YOU, YES YOU, could be one of those new owners! The rules are as before: leave a comment on this blog entry to throw your hat into the ring….
Frontlines #8 now has physical form
I got my author copies for CENTERS OF GRAVITY today, which means I’m about to do the customary give-away this weekend. Ten signed copies will go out to readers anywhere in the world FREE OF CHARGE. And all will be decided fair and square by random number generator. I’ll post the giveaway this weekend and…
Gone fishin’
Girl Child likes to fish, and this is a good time of the year for it, so I have been driving her to her various fishing spots all over town in the last few weeks. I usually sit in the car or my folding camping chair while she is fishing, and I’ve come to appreciate…