Trader’s Diary

One of the people who inspired me to start the whole Podiobooks adventure last year was a crazy Neo-Barb named Nina Kimberly the Merciless. Nina is the brainchild of Christiana Ellis and she tickled me so much, I wanted to have that much fun, too. Well, Christiana is back with a new space opera mini-series [...]

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Ok, gang-o-mine! As I sit down to scope out the way Shaman will run, I’m trying to think about ways to improve your listening pleasure. Music I’m looking for the music now. I’m leaning toward one called “Celtic Dance” that’s on http://www.archive.org. I was looking for something a little different from the sea shanties. Ironic [...]

A Shaman’s Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper Otto was the only son of Richard Krugg and heir to the Shaman’s Gift. The only problem was he didn’t want it. When Company production quotas force unwelcome changes onto his life and threaten even the security of the village, he discovers that being [...]

After much deliberation, here’s the cover art I’ve designed for South Coast Shaman. We’re closing in on 80,000 words and the thrilling conclusion of the first draft. Keep your fingers crossed!

After much delay and frustration, the Afterword file is ready for you all to grab. It’s just a short thank you to all of you who’ve been so supportive of the Trader’s Diary over the last few months. I think I’ve answered all the questions. We can do this again after South Coast Shaman, maybe

The local place was having a 20% off sale between 8 and 10 and I took advantage of it to get a new microphone to record South Coast Shaman. For those that keep track of these technical details, it’s a Rode NT1-A. I’m really looking forward to working with it. My BLUE 8-Ball — which [...]

South Coast Shaman A Shaman’s Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper Chapter 1 Callum’s Cove September 15, 2304 All happy families resemble each other; all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. Otto Krugg sat on a bollard picking at the paint with a grubby nail and thinking how unhappy he [...]

One of the things that I wanted to do this year was enter the National Novel Writing Month. Given how quickly I wrote the first three books, at least in draft, it seemed a perfect way to get motivated to give you some new content. Unfortunately, one of the rules is that you can’t start [...]