I was very late to the smart phone party. Partly because I didn’t think I really needed a computer phone and partly because I just couldn’t afford the data plan. After all, I barely even used the phone I had.… Read More »Buying a Droid
The next Silicant story I will write is about Eighty-eight, my mysteries and dark android from the upcoming anthology, Tales from Ocherva Volume One. Eighty-eight has appeared in many short stories and I’ve always painted it as an android who… Read More »Creating Back Story
March 2010 was my most successful month since first putting my books on the Kindle in March of 2008. Here is a year-by-year March recap for Starstrikers: March 2008 – 4 Each for $5.60, March 2009 – 2 Each for… Read More »March Kindle Sales Recap
I was reading the latest business book from 37signals last night on my Droid, and it occurred to me that the number they used in their company name is the name of one of my android characters – Thirty-seven. This… Read More »Naming Androids
Lately I’ve been reading the Foundation Series by Isaac Asimov. I may have read it as a teenager, but I could not recall, so I’m reading it again. One thing I have noticed is how similar the series is to… Read More »Genre Influences
I could no longer wait for the Nexus One on Verizon. I had baseball practices and games to be at and I needed my cell phone to cancel them or otherwise coordinate my life. My cheap, free phone from a… Read More »Droid in our house
I just got this latest proof of the Tales from Ocherva Volume One cover from graphic designer Byron McConnell, and had to share it. He’s got all the design elements in place that we talked about last time. The font is… Read More »TFO Cover Art Pt 3
For those of you not following the build up to the release of the latest Ubuntu OS there is a crises looming. Button Gate! The new look of the window manager in the next release has changed things around quite… Read More »Ubuntu Button Gate