John Scalzi Signing

We don’t get best selling Sci-F authors here in the fly over state of Idaho. Ever. So don’t miss your chance to see John Scalzi at the Boise Public Library this Thursday night at 7:00 PM. While you’re there, thank Bruce…

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Alliance Spieron Starfighter

The primary starfighter of the Alliance in the middle trilogy or Starstrikers Era is the Spieron. It’s fast and sleek and well loved by pilots. I built this model in 1/48 scale out of poster board. But it’s due for…

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Historical Inspiration

When I first came up with the plot for my novella, Devon’s Blade I was looking for inspiration in developing the secondary character who would eventually become a good friend of the protagonist, Devon Ardel. Women were only recently allowed to…

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Devon’s Blade Draft Two

I just completed my read through for Draft Two of the Devon’s Blade novella. All issues raised by the Beta Readers have been addressed. It reads fast and the story is pretty tight. No wasted space, as usual for my…

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Tennessee Vacation

For the next week I’ll be in middle Tennessee on vacation. This is usually a fairly productive time for me as I have nothing important to do except lounge around and eat good food. I plan on working as much…

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Writing Update

Still plugging away on edits for The Blood Empress. Soon as I finish that, I’m into the second draft of Devon’s Blade. I’m eager to get these novellas done and out there, I think folks will like them. Working with…

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Renoke Model Update

Top and Bottom of the Renoke model. The state of the model as of mid-July is as above. Everything is detailed and painted with primer except for the engine and the bridge. I’ve ordered some LED lights for both the…

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Weekend Model Update – Renoke

  Still working on the bottom of the model. From the mid point to the stern is pretty much completed. Moving on to the bow, full steam ahead. I also spent some time on the stern details, not pictured. The…

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