Trader’s Diary

The 2010 Parsec finalist lists were posted today. Captain’s Share made the short list, and I’m up against some truly formidable competition. Being up against Sigler and Hutchins is tough enough but Mike Bennett? And one of my own favorite authors — Mercedes Lackey! Jeez. Just being in a list with them is heady stuff. [...]

I left a more extensive post over at Lammas Wood, but I wanted to let people here know as well that the first of Michael J. Sullivan’s works that I’m producing in audio for Ridan Publishing is currently available at Podiobooks.com and the iTunes Music Store. As I post this note, the last episode has [...]

The Kindle version of Quarter Share has been edging up the charts slowly on Amazon. We purposely did not try to do an Amazon rush on this because, well, I think they’ve been over done and I didn’t want to put that kind of pressure on the fans. In spite of not doing the rush, [...]

With all the audio work I’m planning on doing this summer and fall, I needed to upgrade my production studio. I’ve been recording for the last couple of years in a corner of a back bedroom in the basement. The sound quality isn’t terrible, but it’s prone to disruption from the cats, the mic is [...]

Hey, shipmates. I thought you might like to know about a new source for short fiction. The first edition of Flagship was released today and is available for purchase now.. Flying Island Press has been collecting stories for over a month now and the premiere edition hit the network today. If you like short fiction, [...]

This is it, crew. As of today, I become a full time author — at least until another job opens up at the university or I pick up some part time teaching work. It’s a bit scary but also very exciting. The past few days have been an exhausting process of tying off loose ends, [...]