Author: KenMcConnell

Spec-Fic Writer Meeting Tonight

The Boise Spec-Fic Writer’s Group is meeting tonight at Rediscovered Books on 8th street in downtown Boise. We start at 6:30 PM local and go until 8:00 PM, in the back of the store. If you write SF/F come on…

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The Renoke Short Story

The first SF short story I ever published will be free this Friday and Saturday on Kindle. You can read it for free right here on the blog, but sometimes people like to read on their e-readers instead of their…

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Partner’s In Crime Guest Speaker

Tonight’s guest speaker for the Partner’s In Crime mystery writer’s group will be Nate McIntyre from Black Label Press. Nate is a good friend of mine and not coincidentally is who I’ve decided to go with on my ebooks. New versions of…

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Publishing Adjustments

A few days ago I did a random search for a short story of mine on Amazon’s web page under Kindle books. best online pharmacy with fast delivery buy augmentin online with the lowest prices today in the USA The…

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Writing About Starfighters, Part 3

This is the Third part of a long, multi-post series on writing believable starfighters in Military SF and Space Opera.  Part 1 | Part 2 6. Battle Damage Every combat fighter sustains battle damage at some point. How does your starfighter defend…

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Twitter Posts from 2012-03-03 to 2012-03-09

The best tech coverage is always on TWiT TV. Listening to the Apple event coverage now. 2012-03-07 If it does my laundry, really fast, I'll get an iPad 3. It doesn't even have to fold them. Just wash and dry….

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Writing About Starfighters, Part 2

This is the Second part of a long, multi-post series on writing believable starfighters in Military SF and Space Opera. You can read Part 1 here, Part 3 here. 4. Maneuvers Starfighters fly and fight in space. Sometimes they enter a…

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Writing About Starfighters, Part 1

This is the first part of a long, multi-post series on writing believable starfighters in Military SF and Space Opera. Too often writers don’t have an extensive knowledge of military vehicles and when they write Military SF that involves hardware,…

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David Farland Coming to Boise Area

Author David Farland is coming to Meridian this May, with his two day intensive Write That Novel Seminar. This is a rare opportunity for Boise area writers to attend this class over a weekend without paying for travel expenses. The…

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Military Unit Coins

The covers of all three of my Star Trilogy books have military unit coins on them. Just what are unit coins and why would I want them on covers of Sci-Fi Space Opera novels? online pharmacy flexeril for sale with…

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