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Novel Art Spotlight

My scratch-built starship model – GCU Sokol, is featured on the Starshipmodler.com website’s Free Desktop Backgrounds for May. Download the background for your computer in a variety of sizes. The model is also featured on the back cover of the Starstrikers paperback, available anywhere books are sold.

Stand Down

My latest short story is now available in eSciFi Magazine’s March issue. Stand Down is set in the STARFORGERS ERA of the Star Saga universe and deals with the Silicant Rights movement. Oh, and it features Eighty-eight.

Ken McConnell

Author of the Star Saga novels and various short stories.

Ken studied film making at the University of Central Florida and served with distinction as an NCO in the USAF. He now resides in Boise, Idaho with his wife and two sons. Ken works for Hewlett Packard as a Software Build Engineer by day and writes fiction and builds models in his spare time.

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Sokol Model Build

Follow along as I build the latest version of the Sokol. 

Building the GA Sokol is a series of blog posts about scratch building a starship from my latest novel – Starveyors. Through pictures and text, I show what is involved in building a movie quality plastic model, complete with fiber optic lights.

Building the SA Sokol, Part 1

Writing with Linux

I’m one of a hand full of hard core fiction writers who use Linux.

I post regularly on the blog about my use of Linux while writing novels and short stories. If you are a recent convert to Linux, or are thinking about making the move from Mac or Windows, I’ll show you how I work on the world’s best operating system.

Six Months After My Switch to Linux