Trader’s Diary

The book is shaping up nicely. I was able to start really hammering it at the end of July and managed to do 40,000 words the first week of work. I had a very productive weekend and it’s almost at 60,000 now (58.5k) to be more accurate.
Unfortunately, I had a little medical issue that’s put [...]

The finalist list for 2008-2009 Parsec Award is up and Double Share made it. Thank you, judges, for picking me for the second year in a row. This makes the third one of my books to make it to the finals list. I’m feeling truly honored!
The competition is pretty strong so I’m not holding my [...]

For the third year in a row, I’ve got a book in the Parsec Awards. To be eligible for a Parsec Award this year the podcast had to have been made between May 1, 2008, and April 31, 2009. The only title eligible this year is Double Share, because I’m such a derelict I only [...]

 

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Yes, I know. I’m remiss in posting regularly here. It goes better when i’m in the middle of writing. That means I have something to tell you and that’s a good thing. It goes less well when I’m not writing.
BaltiCon 43 was a blast and I can see now that I didn’t write anything [...]

I’ve been meaning to put up a new post for weeks. A fan’s email this morning pushed me into the “omg, this is embarassing” mode so here’s a status report.
Cape Grace is still the next work in progress. I really want to fill that slot in before I go to Captain’s Share. My ideas on [...]

Yes, it’s coming! November means NaNoWriMo and you’ll be able to follow along with my progress by clicking the icon on the left. I’ll post occasionally here on the Trader’s Diary, and you’ll be able to see my word counts on Twitter as well.
I’m so looking forward to this!

Well, it didn’t happen this year, but we got closer.
Last year, Quarter Share was eligible, and nominated, but didn’t make it to the finals.
This year, the other three novels were eligible and nominated. Full Share and South Coast made it into the finals, but Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps won. I can’t find any [...]

Wow.
The nice people over at Sci Fi Surplus just interviewed me about a review they’re doing on Quarter Share. We had a bit of a ramble but they’re accepting comments about the book. Email your comments about Quarter Share to thegeeks@scifisurplus.com. I think they’d take voice messages to at 801-938-5525 or skype call “scifisurplus” [...]

I’m amazed!
The Parsec Awards have listed the short list finalists and BOTH Full Share and South Coast have been selected as finalists. Only one can win, of course, but hey, just getting the finalist nomination is an honor.

It’s taken a few days, but Double Share is now available at the iTunes Store as well as Podiobooks.
Any and all reviews you’d care to make there will help the cause as well.