From Jamie's desk
New releases, works in progress, and the stories behind the stories.
One of the joys for me as an author is working with artists. Every new book requires a new piece of artwork to adorn it’s cover. When you really think about it, it’s kind of an odd practice. We put a single picture on the front of a novel. The novel most likely describes hundreds or even […]
Read the storyI dusted off an old manuscript that I’ve had sitting around for almost ten years. It was my first serious writing project that I never quite completed. I’m thoroughly enjoying reading it through and fixing it up. I’d expected that it would remain forever mothballed but after reading it I desperately want to get it […]
Read the storyI’ve mentioned a few times how much I enjoy working with artists. If there was a skill that I could just have for free, it would be the ability to draw like the people I work with. Patricia ( Sicilian Valkyrie ) graciously agreed to ink drawing of the book cover of my second Rookie Privateer […]
Read the storyI’m in the fun, in-between space, where I’ve finished the initial draft of Parley (Rookie Privateer book 3) and it’s in other peoples hands. My wife is currently reading it through before I send it off to my editor (and sister) who also is the author of Bellingwood Series. After Janet is done with her […]
Read the storyFinishing the rough draft of a manuscript is both exciting and scary for me. The exciting part is pretty obvious, the creative work is done and simply needs to be fine tuned. The flip side to this is that self-doubt starts to creep in. I start to worry about the story. Is it fun and interesting? […]
Read the storyWhat is it about the word FREE that gets our attention? I have heard it said that if you can’t figure out what someone is selling online then they’re selling you. Well, heck yeah! I couldn’t be happier that Facebook has given me the opportunity to tell you about your chance to win a free, […]
Read the storyIs your mind distracted by funny details? I am working on Parley, book #3 in the Rookie Privateer series and I’m plugging away when I notice that I’ve paused on word count that is an anagram, 64846. As you probably know, I have a math and technical background and realize that the number of available […]
Read the storyWhen my son headed off to engineering school, one of the “must-have” items we sold to my wife was a 3D printer. Two years later it seems like a poor substitute for a toy when compared to the consumer level, state of the art like I’ve attached to this post. In Privateer Tales, replicators are […]
Read the storyOne of the fun things about being a science fiction writer is coming up with things that seem possible and introducing them as real. Most of the time I am balancing the conflict between realistic and over the top. For example, in the Privateer Tales series, gravity control is pretty much taken for granted. If you […]
Read the storyMy blog started out as a WordPress.com site. For whatever reason, I mistakenly thought that if I got a site there that I would have the full wordpress content management system. It is a repeating theme in my life where I will look at something and decide it is what it appears to be. WordPress.com […]
Read the storyWhen will Book #3 be Ready? One of the questions I regularly get is; ‘When is the next book coming?’ So far the answer has been; ‘Sometime this this fall.’ The fact is that I really don’t know when Parley (Privateer Tales #3) will be ready to go. What I do know is that progress […]
Read the storyOne of the fun things I get to do as an author is give away my books. It is a great way to get the word out and generally people enjoy getting something of value for free. The giveaway I’m hosting is for signed paperback copies of both Rookie Privateer (#1) and Fool Me Once […]
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