You Spoke. We Listened.

You Spoke. We Listened.

The results of the Souldancer cover A/B test are in! Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote. We had a total of 31 participants who provided a good sample size and lots of useful feedback. The poll The poll ran for two days. It was quite a contest, with…
January 20, 20162 Comments
Cast Your Vote for My New Book’s Cover

Cast Your Vote for My New Book’s Cover

Frequent readers will recall that the talented Marcelo Orsi Blanco designed the cover for my space pirate novel Nethereal. As you can probably tell just by looking, Marcelo's cover was a smash hit. Several readers told me that they decided to buy the novel based solely on his cover art.…
January 19, 20162 Comments
Cirsova Heroic Fantasy is Here!

Cirsova Heroic Fantasy is Here!

Science fiction used to be a niche market restricted to a small cult following. Back in the day, a sci-fi fan could easily read every novel and short story published in the field each year. A handful of magazines and one or two major conventions could easily accommodate the whole…
January 18, 20162 Comments
Castalia House Bonus Offer

Castalia House Bonus Offer

 I'm thrilled to announce that I'm teaming up with Castalia House to promote the launch of Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening. This guide to post-apocalyptic gardening, the second in David the Good's series, has already reached #1 in its category. As a special bonus to their…
November 23, 20152 Comments
Souldancer Chapter 1

Souldancer Chapter 1

From the Amazon reviews for Nethereal: "I look forward to the next book, and will buy it on kindle when it comes out." "The story of Nethereal is a bold and memorable first step into the Soul Cycle series, and I will be eagerly awaiting the next instalment." "After much…
November 6, 2015
Non-Negotiables of Indie Publishing

Non-Negotiables of Indie Publishing

Yesterday I posted a list of questions that authors should ask themselves before deciding to self-publish. Mr. Jeff Duntemann, one of my sources for that post, left a salient comment that nicely segues into the topic at hand. Here's Jeff. You have to be willing to put some of your…
October 21, 20154 Comments
Nethereal for 99 Cents

Nethereal for 99 Cents

Heads up. Nethereal for Kindle is $.099 cents this weekend. This is an experiment to see how pricing effects sales over a short time, so get it now while the gettin's good.
October 17, 2015
Souldancer, Soul Cycle Book II

Souldancer, Soul Cycle Book II

Image courtesy of Jeff Stachnik I'm pleased to announce that Souldancer, book 2 of the Soul Cycle, has been delivered to my editor. An unexpected phenomenon surrounding Nethereal's release was the feedback I got from readers; not just its unanimously positive nature--I didn't expect comparisons to John C. Wright and Brandon…
August 18, 2015
Return to Drunken Zombie

Return to Drunken Zombie

I recently made my second appearance on the Drunken Zombie podcast for the second time in three weeks! Have I finally overstayed my welcome? Find out as Bryan, Dave, Randy,Wes, and I comment on the Universal Pictures classic Bride of Frankenstein. There are also lengthy discussions of comics, anime, science…
August 13, 2015

Author Cleve Sylcox Praises Nethereal

While checking to make sure that Nethereal has been removed from every online retailer but Amazon so I can qualify for KDP Select, I happened upon this review by Cleve Sylcox. The cover promises epic space opera and galaxy-bestriding conflict. The book delivers. There’s no higher praise. Nor can I think…
August 7, 2015