Today I’m excited to reveal the cover for my upcoming science fiction novella, The Jammer and the Blade. The story centers around a young woman fighting to save her father’s life in a war-torn, dystopian world. If you haven’t yet, you can read the opening scene in this excerpt. The story will be available on on Tuesday, …
It’s almost time. The little science fiction novella I’ve been working on all summer, The Jammer and the Blade, is almost ready for release. I’ll reveal the cover and the actual release date this coming Thursday. If you missed the excerpt I posted from this story a while back, you can find it here. Until then, …
I saw this exchange posted a while back on Pinterest and it made me smile. I’m almost certain that anyone who has ever gotten any enjoyment out of a story has had this experience. As I wrote a while back, the characters we read about often become our friends while we’re following their journeys and …
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between. – C.S. Lewis
somatic This word is somewhat uncommon. You’ll most likely come across it only if you’re a doctor, a biologist, or talking to one. It comes from the Greek word, ‘soma’ which refers to the body. In English, something somatic is something having to do with the body as well. A few synonyms are bodily, corporal, …
alacrity This word signifies a willing cheerfulness, the kind that accepts burdens and blessings with equal enthusiasm. This is the kind of behavior parents wish their kids exhibited when doing their chores, that they would be tackled both briskly and happily. It’s not a word you hear very often, but then again, such behavior is …
Here are a couple of quick little updates. First, my recent promotion with eReader News Today went extremely well with Into the Vast, hitting #1 on the Metaphysical & Visionary Science Fiction chart. If you’re not familiar with this category, it’s basically “big idea” sci-fi. Lewis’ Space Trilogy would be one example of this sort of book. In addition, …
doughty This word has long been a favorite of mine. I can’t remember exactly when I first heard it, but I’m sure it was in a sentence something like, “he was a doughty fighter.” The word means persistent or brave or tough. In my mind in connotes a sort of “stick-to-it-ness”. I suppose one of …
