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New releases, works in progress, and the stories behind the stories.
I’m often guilty of burying the headline so I’ll get right to the point of this post. Today, I released Old Dogs, Older Tricks – Junkyard Pirate Book #2. To be entirely honest, I was surprised at the amount of interest Junkyard Pirate, the first book in the series, generated. Don’t get me wrong, I […]
Read the storyAs a Crow Flies is a short story in the Witchy World series. The story takes place several years prior to Wizard in a Witchy World and gives us some insight to Maggie and Felix’s unusual relationship. The entire presentation is only four minutes long. I enjoyed the process and I hope to record more […]
Read the storyOne of the joys of being a full-time writer is the location freedom it offers. After writing for most of the morning on Thursday, Janet and I packed up the camper and started north into the pan-handle of Nebraska. Happily surprised by some of the best roads we’ve pulled our camper on, we quickly chewed […]
Read the storyAs a semi-retired software developer and full time writer, I’ve discovered a freedom of movement that I haven’t always enjoyed. To that end, Janet and I purchased a camper and have taken this mobile writing office on the road. If you’ve been reading the Biggston Thrillers, you know that the setting is in western Nebraska. […]
Read the storyWith the exception of an annoying issue where the survey completion button didn’t tell the user they were done, the 2019 reader survey was a great success. I’ll present the data in this blog post and then in future posts, I’ll discuss how these results might shape future endeavors. First, the meta data. The survey […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find the first chapter in Junkyard Pirate, subscribe to my newsletter to receive updates as soon as they’re released. Chapter 1 – Junkyard “Hand me that twelve-millimeter box-end.” Albert Jenkins held his hand out behind him from where he leaned into a salvaged 1989 Subaru four door DL. The vintage Subaru was a piece of […]
Read the storyUPDATE – As of 10:30am, Judgment is live on Amazon – click here You know what they say, justice delayed is justice denied. The good news is that this doesn’t also apply to Judgment. What am I talking about? Yesterday, Thursday, May 31, I plugged away moving Judgment of the Bold into the Amazon stores. This […]
Read the storyI’ve added a page that lists the common characters within Privateer Tales. I’ll be making updates. You can find this by clicking here.
Read the storyartwork by Elias Stern Bold Trilogy Update 2014 started my writing career and it’s hard to believe that we’re already four years in. My very first release was Rookie Privateer, which took nearly five months from start to finish. The release date is pretty easy to remember as it was the day before my 50th […]
Read the storyTrilogy Gambit A Bold Move or a Blunder of Good Proportion? One of my favorite themes in writing is entrepreneurship. As a fiction writer, however, when I write about these things, I don’t have to personally deal with the consequences of big gambles, however. For example, when my characters empty their bank accounts to buy […]
Read the storyHow I choose my next project I’ve been talking about how I choose my next project with a lot of different folks. Most recently, I was chatting w/ Roger H. in my Advanced Reader Team about On a Pale Ship. As of right now, what I don’t know is how well this story is going […]
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