I’m back to finishing up the first book of the final trilogy in the Starship Series. This takes place long after Armon Vance retires from the military. Life in retirement is peaceful, but ultimately uninspiring for the former space captain.… Read More »Explorers Book One – New Horizons
It’s been a while since I posted around here. Sorry about that. Summer is when I tend to stay inside and write and not venture into the furnace of my garage. So not much modelling gets done. Right now we… Read More »Writing Update August, 2016
Over the weekend my brother put the finishing touches on the cover for the first Star Saga trilogy. As soon as I can get the time I’ll stitch books 1-3 together and put them up for sale on Kobo, Nook… Read More »Trilogy Cover Art
Recently I posted about my writing workflow. In that post I exported my first draft from Plume Creator to OpenOffice for editing. The problem with using Write or Word to edit is that you wind up with multiple version… Read More »Workflow Update
I somehow got behind the ball on choosing cover art for my novel, The Blood Empress. So now I’m searching through DeviantArt for a suitable piece of cover art. So far, I’ve found two beautiful paintings that could work, but… Read More »Cover Art Search
I thought it would be fun to put all my Star Saga models in one post. GCU Sokol coming at you, from the novel Starstrikers. SS Sokol from the novel Starforgers. An Alliance Skimmer model done in poster board from… Read More »Starship Model Photo Essay
While I’ve been working through Katie’s edits on Starveyors, she brought to my attention the importance of the pre-chapter quotes that I have been using in these books. Here is what she said about the one I used for Chapter… Read More »Star Series Notes – Chapter Quotes
las – initially via Compfight Today I didn’t write during my lunch hour. Instead, I read everything that I have written so far on my WIP. Sometimes its good to do that and see if you are achieving the tone… Read More »Taking Stock
Barry_Adams via Compfight You can’t get to the finish line without burning some gas. You can’t finish your novel without burning some midnight oil. Or in my case, some lunch hours. Yesterday I spent my lunch hour writing my novel.… Read More »Stepping on the Gas
lisbokt via Compfight The protagonist of my novel Tyrmia is a white, human female. The protagonist of Starforgers is also a white, human female. The protagonist of Starstrikers is a white, human male. The protagonist of Starveyors is a blue/black,… Read More »The Origins of My Protagonists