Trader’s Diary

Yes. Faithful Fans.
The book is complete. It needs some polish, probably a little fiddling. I’m sure I’ve crossed up a plot line or two, but it’s complete.
Last Friday the book was 78k. By Monday it was 96k. I threw away 15k words because the flow was wrong and then rearranged the rest. What [...]

Well, not as good a week as I’d hoped, but I spent 6,500 words on a side project with another author. You’ll hear more about that when the Sekrit Is Revealed. It’ll be fun, I think.
And in other news, some of you know already, but there’s a fan forum. If you wanted to talk [...]

This week took a nose dive when I got embroiled in a day job related fiasco that took 25,000 words away from Double Share. Still, the plot is percolating nicely.The beta readers are positive.
Yes, this is a different story, but I think a richer one. It’s not inconceivable that I’ll have the first draft [...]

We’re at 48,000 words on the road to 80k.
I’m writing about 4k a day in a normal day and 7k on thursdays and fridays.
The story is shaping up nicely, but I still need to get one of the winning ships in there. Several of you will find yourselves as crew, characters in the story, [...]

For the Ship Name:
Comment from Geordon VanTassle
Time: January 24, 2008, 6:51 am
Been kicking this around in my head for a while, and one name (related to absolutely nothing) that keeps popping up in my head is “William Tinker”. I just like how it feels and sounds.

For the Logo:

Submitted by Mike Assid who asked that [...]

You’ve been very patient. The status:
I’ve written five chapters, but Day Job has been too invasive with many things getting between me and your next book.
That’s the bad news. The good news is that I’ve worked out a deal with my boss to take 2 days a week off from Day Job so I [...]

The nominations for Parsec Awards are open and all of my books that are eligible for this year’s awards have been nominated. I’m not sure what the process is this year, but if it follows last year’s, there’ll be a “list of 10″ which is winnowed down to a list of 5 “official nominees” who [...]

Well, it’s half past February and Double Share is finally underway.
I’ve hinted at stuff that’s going on but until the contracts are signed, I don’t want to jinx it. Just say, I think you’ll all be pleased with the outcomes, if not the delays those projects have caused.
This weekend was GOING to be the [...]

Oddness abounds and I get to add another thing that I never thought I’d be dealing with. Comes from not thinking things through, I suppose.
Long and short is that the music I’ve used in the four novels has been licensed in various ways. For the present use, that is, as a free podcast novel, [...]

It’s appropriate that I send all of you a thank you on Valentine’s Day. The love fest just keeps on building.
A year ago Quarter Share went up onto the Podiobooks.com servers. The first six episodes cleared review and were posted on Feb 18, 2007. Since that time, the outpouring of support has been overwhelming. [...]