COSine Events Schedule – Colorado Springs

I’m excited to be making my first appearance at COSine this weekend. Here’s my schedule. I’m really delighted to be appearing on panels with the likes of Kevin J. Anderson, Connie Willis, S.M. Stirling, Marie DesJardin, Peter Wacks, Guy Anthony DeMarco, David Boop, and Quincy Allen, among others. Looks like it will be a great time, so come and get your con on! FRIDAY 4 – 5pm – “The Future of our Favorite Vices” with Marie DesJardin, S M Stirling, Peter Wacks, Connie Willis SATURDAY 12 – 1pm – “Ebooks, podcasts, and online publishing – the effects of technology on SFContinue readingCOSine Events Schedule – Colorado Springs

Kickstarter Funded! Stretch Goals Open!

I have some great news to report. The Kickstarter campaign to fund Sword of the Ronin has been successfully funded. Thank you to all the friends, colleagues, podcast listeners, and readers who have backed the project thus far. That’s the good news. Now, the better news. There’s still two weeks to go! Stretch goals are now in place to raise this project to a higher level. I have brought artist Drew Baker onto the project now to produce additional artwork. If you’re familiar with the Legend of the Five Rings universe (a personal favorite of mine since 1996), you’ve likelyContinue readingKickstarter Funded! Stretch Goals Open!

A Scary New Endeavor, and an Internal Shift

For a long time I have been steadfastly against self-publishing my work. I have seen far too many self-published books that look like amateurish crap on the outside, and then when I open them up and read a few pages I find that it is sadly true on the inside, too. As much as writers often resent what we perceive to be the gatekeepers in the way of our dreams, traditional publishers and literary agents do provide a value. They filter much of the good stuff from the chaff, add value to the product with professional editing (at least inContinue readingA Scary New Endeavor, and an Internal Shift

The Next Big Thing – Author Interviews

I have been tagged in The Next Big Thing, a series of interconnected interviews where writers talk about their current projects. I have tagged three fellow authors below, and you can follow the links to their web pages, but in the meantime, here is what I have been up to. 1)      What is the working title of your next book? Death Wind. 2)      Where did the idea come from for the book? It’s the adaptation of a screenplay that I wrote with my friend, Jim Pinto. Jim and I collaborated on a metric ton of roleplaying supplements, so a fewContinue readingThe Next Big Thing – Author Interviews