Map of Puskar Stellar, Mars
One of the major cities in Privateer Tales Series is Puskar Stellar. Purely out of self defense I drew this map.
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Fool Me Once (Privateer Tales #2) – BOOK RELEASED
Fool Me Once has been released to amazon.com in both print and kindle format. This was a different type of project for me as an author as I decided to depart momentarily from Liam, Nick, Marny and Tabby to follow one of the pirates they ran into in Rookie Privateer. The third book in the series, […]
Read the storySterra’s Gift Drawing Completed
Here is the final product from Roberto. I am very pleased with his drawing of Sterra’s Gift. I am an extremely visual person and find tremendous value in being able to finally get a good picture of how the ship could look. As a bonus. Roberto included a technical schematic for us. Make sure to […]
Read the storyDrilling in on Sterra’s Gift drawing
Sterra’s Gif – choices about external missiles vs. torpedo tube stye Working with Roberto is a joy. I continued to be impressed by his ability to cleanly draw excellent looking high-concept spacecraft. The above image was part of a conversation we had about moving the initial giant missile from its central location at mid-point to a […]
Read the storyFool Me Once – Beta readers complete
Saturday evening I had a pleasant surprise from my beta reader group. They all finished their work early. During the beta reading process my work is paused for a fairly long period of time (two and a half weeks). Up to that point I had been writing and working with editors pretty much nonstop. I don’t […]
Read the storySterra’s Gift artwork commissioned
I present dah dah daaaa, Sterra’s Gift. At this point you should appreciated that I am not a gifted charcoal artist. It turns out that I have almost no capacity to draw, paint with anything smaller than a 2.5″ brush, or sketch anything more than a grocery list. The ironic thing is the pink […]
Read the storyFool Me Once (#2) and Parley(#3), progress!
Fool Me Once is book #2 in the Privateer Tales series. The book is a 32,000 words long which puts it in the category of a novella. For those of you who don’t know how all that works. 80,000 words is a normal length for a novel so as you can tell this will be […]
Read the storyFreeBooksy readers welcome! – Rookie Privateer Giveaway
Today starts a giveaway at freebooksy.com. If you’d like a chance to win a free signed copy of Rookie Privateer head over there and put your name in the hat.
Read the storyLooking for that sweet spot as a writer
Those wonderful people who take time to provide a review on Amazon or Goodreads have no idea just how much new authors read and reread this feedback. As a writer you have to be somewhat self-delusional to begin with. The idea that tens, hundreds, and just get crazy and believe – thousands of people will actually […]
Read the storyFool Me Once – Privateer Tales #2 off to Beta Readers
I hope I will always have this same sense of excitement when I release a manuscript to a group of beta readers. I am still in the process of learning the craft of creating a book worth reading. I am fortunate to have people in my life who have skills and perspectives that I don’t. […]
Read the storyWords of Encouragement
Growing up, my father was a pastor to small churches in the mid-western United States. Unlike a number of other preacher’s kids that I have met, I don’t have any salacious insider information about the evil inner workings of church organizations. Much to the contrary, I grew up with a man who was externally and […]
Read the storyTitle Chosen – Fool Me Once (Privateer Tales Series 1.5)
Fool Me Once is a story that takes place in the Privateer Tales universe. We get to follow the once pirate hostage Celina Dontal as she flys across the solar system in search of her sister. Will she be too late? Can she save both herself and her sister from the clutches of the Red […]
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