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Summer sale! Regarding Ducks and Universes is on sale for all of June on Kindle. Mystery! Parallel universes! Ducks!

The book is part of a promotion, "150 Kindle books for $1.50". You can find all the included books here.

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Happy New Year, one and all!

Over the holidays I’ve been re-reading Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; if you haven’t read this sci-fi classic before, I highly recommend it if you’re looking for something lighthearted, original, or just plain funny to read.
Even though we own the hardcovers of the books, I’ve been reading Hitchhiker’s on my Kindle app, which is is always a little odd at first. The familiar opening (“Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end o...

Happy New Year, one and all!
Over the holidays I've been re-reading Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; if you haven't read this sci-fi classic before, I highly recommend it if you're looking for something lighthearted, original, or just plain funny to read.
Even though we own the hardcovers of the books, I’ve been reading Hitchhiker's on my Kindle app, which is is always a little odd at first. The familiar opening ("Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of t...

A brief update on the new book: it's taking longer than expected.

In somewhat more detail: the working title is just that ("The New Book") and there's a full draft of just under ninety thousand words, or 300 pages. The story takes place in near-future Seattle. I'm in the process of incorporating early feedback from beta readers -- my agent and a couple of writer friends who kindly agreed to take a look at the manuscript.

How long will this editing pass take? Hard to say. I'm making slow and ste...

Yesterday was a travel day plus the frame of my reading glasses broke so I couldn't see well enough to post, but now I'm back home and the glasses have been fixed. I had an absolutely fantastic time at AnomalyCon in Denver. I missed the big blizzard by a day or so -- the snow had already mostly melted by the time I got there. The con runs from Friday afternoon to Sunday afternoon and there are various activities and panels, the main focus being Steampunk, which, for those of yo...

Just a quick note to say that I’ll be attending AnomalyCon this year as a panelist. What is AnomalyCon? It’s a science fiction/fantasy convention that takes place the last weekend of March in Denver. Its main focus is steampunk, but it encompasses everything from time travel to alternate history. As I have heard very good things about the conference, I’m very much looking forward to it and to meeting up with fellow Westmarchers there—Stant Litore, Melissa Olson, Richard Ellis P...

If you receive these updates via email, as you can see, the newsletter has a new format! It’s now getting to you by way of Mailchimp rather than Feedburner. With any luck, the transition will go smoothly and the email won’t wither away in your spam folder...or, if it did go into spam, you’ve rescued it and are now reading this. As a side note, if the images aren't displaying correctly, there is a link at the top with an option to view the email on the web.
My thanks to everyone who posted...

The release day for The Feline Affair is here! The novelette is available only as an e-book on Amazon for now, but you can read it on pretty much any device. So if you don't own a Kindle, no worries. You'll still be able to read it on your computer, laptop, tablet, or cell phone -- you'll just need to download a free Kindle app first (instructions here). 

Mid-month, I sent out the advance MOBI/pdf copies to everyone who requested one. If you request...

There's news to report on the Incident series novelette front. The official publication date is August 25 and the title is (ta, da!)...The Feline Affair. My multi-talented friend Cynthia L. Moyer has whipped up a simply wonderful cover:  


The novelette has gone up for preorder on Kindle, but I'd like to send complimentary copies to my newsletter subscribers. (That's you!) Just reply to this email letting me know if you'd prefer a mobi format (which can be read on your Kindle/iPad/tab...