Trader’s Diary

I was taken completely by surprise when the Parsec Award for Best Story (Long Form) went to Captain’s Share. I’m still not quite grokking it because I was so certain that the field would leave me standing on the sidelines again and I was already aiming for next year with Owner’s Share. Thanks to all [...]

Those of you who follow me on twitter have probably heard about this already, but just to keep everybody else in the loop… Owner’s Share has just topped 180k words. I’ve written most of those words since August 5th, and it’s been a heck of a ride. I wish I could report that I’ve finished [...]

The response has been amazing and for that, thank you. Over the last few weeks I’ve had a lot of “Where are the rest of the books?!” feedback. They’re in the pipeline. Half Share will be available in October. Full Share in April. They will all be available eventually and I’m really sorry that they’re [...]

Yes, the new book is coming together nicely. Owner’s Share, the final book in the Trader’s Tales, should be out in audio later this month. I’m about 50k words in and the story is taking a shape that I hadn’t anticipated (no surprise there for those who know me) but I’m enjoying the heck out [...]

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, [...]

Here’s the first book being signed and dedicated for a fan about 7am this morning. There was quite a pile of addresses and I’ve already gone through half a case of books. We’re gonna have to order more pretty quickly I think. In addition to these domestic US, there were copies to New Zealand, Australia, [...]

No, not the book by Annie Proulx — Quarter Share. Amazon now lists it in stock and Ridan reports they have recieved their initial shipments. I’m waiting for my boxes to show up here in the next day or so and you can order a signed copy of your own right now! Pretty cool, I [...]

It’s that time of year again, folks, and this time there’s some interesting developments in the category department. Here’s the qualification blurb for novel form: Best Speculative Fiction Story (Long Form) * Novel-length stories containing elements of science fiction, fantasy or horror * Story audio length (minus intro/promo) over 7 hours * Uses only 1 [...]