Trader’s Diary

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 [...]

Those of you who’ve been around for awhile know that Christiana Ellis’ Nina Kimberly the Merciless is the book that got me started on creating the Golden Age novels. Christiana was having so much fun that I wanted to do it, too.
If you didn’t know, that’s why the fast packet in the beginning of [...]

Occasionally, other Podiobook authors ask for help in promoting their titles. Since I don’t do a regular podcast, the best I can do is give them a plug here and put their promo up for you to listen to.
The Prophet of Panamindorah is from one of the “new kids” coming along in the Podiobooks [...]

If you missed the news from the Podiobooks blog earlier, they’re down for some much needed hardware upgrades tonight. They’ve been down for a bit over an hour now, but anticipate being back up in the morning. This is real, live, people with their hands in the case to help Podiobooks perform better, so your [...]

Some of you participated in today’s Sovereign Summer Sunday event on Ustream. A few of you heard Matt Selznick read a story I created just for him, set in his Sovereign Era universe called “Mouse Mousey.”
It was a pretty exciting event with names from across the podosphere dropping in to chat, hang out, and [...]

Well, I always wanted to have a big release party. People across America will be joining me in celebration today as the latest volume in the Trader’s Tales drops on Podioboks.com. I hear there’ll be be fireworks tonight.
A Traders Tale from the Golden Age of the Solar Clipper : Book 4
When he graduates from [...]

Sorry. I’m having problems getting this migration to go smoothly.
Hang in and I’ll get it taken care off ASAP
Update: I think I’ve got the holes, links, images, and uploads all put back where they belong.
If you find something hosed, leave a comment here or on the fan forums which are *still* at http://durandus.org/fans [...]

I like the way this sounds, but what about you folks?

What do you think? Does this make you want the story even more now?

With just a few hours left to run (and not a lot of stuff left to see in the program), I’m hoping to spend a couple hours in the lobby saying “Safe Voyage” to all the great folks I’ve met this weekend from the podcasting community.
One of the things I was surprised at was [...]

I’m getting ready for convention season, and I decided that I needed something to hand out to people. CD’s with my books on them are kinda bulky, so I thought business cards might be fun. Here’s the design: