Yesterday I stumbled upon a classification of Space Opera that I had never heard of – Planetary Romance. It’s basically a Space Opera that confines itself to a single, exotic planet instead of many worlds or deep space. I’ll let… Read More »Planetary Romance
When I was a teenager I discovered the sub-genre of Space Opera. I read close to two hundred paperbacks in high school and most of them were science fiction. A good many of my favorite SF books were considered Space… Read More »The Appeal of Space Opera
The Smashwords version of Starstrikers SE (Second Edition) is uploaded and ready to order. We’re working hard on getting the new cover finished so that I can upload that and then update the Kindle version at the same time. I’m… Read More »Starstrikers Update
I’ll never understand how Kindle readers find my books. It’s a complete mystery to me. Mind you, I don’t stay up late at night thinking about it. My first book has been on the Kindle for over a year now,… Read More »Kindle Me Confused
In the coming months I will have to make a decision as to which novel to write next. Do I work on the second Joshua Jones mystery or do I start the next science fiction novel, Starforgers? I like writing… Read More »What to Write Next?
Writer and editor Camille Alexa has been rifting on Women in Space Westerns lately on her LiveJournal. If you don’t know who Camille is, you have not been paying attention to up and coming female SF writers. Never one to… Read More »Space Western Women Meme
I’ve spent some time today going through the 2007 Guide to Literary Agents and compiling a list of agents that accept Sci-Fi novels. I sent out about four queries through email, the rest will have to go out by snail… Read More »Query Letters
Yesterday I received my first proof copy of my novel Starstrikers from Lulu.com. I purchased it before I had the PDF and cover design finalized, so the copy is not as good as it is now. I was primarily interested… Read More »Proof Copy of Starstrikers
I finally have a good PDF of Starstrikers. At least it’s formatted correctly. There are still errors here and there. Every time I get a few of them squashed I will do another upload and there will be another version… Read More »Formatting for Lulu.com
I’ve been spending some time getting my first novel ready for publication on LuLu.com. It’s not been a completely smooth operation. I have the novel in one large file and for some reason, when I do the PDF creation on-line,… Read More »Self Publishing Adventures