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, [...]

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, [...]

Some of you know that I spent the day with the fine folks at Ridan Publishing yesterday. We had an excellent day of planning and prep. I’ve got some work to do but the end result should be amazing. Keeping in mind that things periodically change, currently we have a production schedule for my books. [...]

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 [...]

Several people have asked where/when I’ll be at BaltiCon. Here’s the list Friday (2010-05-28) Introduction to Second Life Room: Derby Start time: 17:00 Basic interaction within SL SL For Newbies: How to get around and find interesting things to do. How to build an avatar, shop for clothes, books, and land. A visit to Help [...]

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 [...]