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New releases, works in progress, and the stories behind the stories.
Wicked Folk Released Finally, the wait is over! Wicked Folk, Witchy World #2 has been released to Amazon and is generally available. 2016 has been a year of stretching for me. First off, I released Wizard in a Witchy World which I wrote on a whim. One of my favorite genres to read is urban fantasy […]
Read the storyThe ‘Tween Times There are a quiet, few moments when a new book is making its way to publication and my creative efforts on the work have come to an end. I’ve always enjoyed this period of time when other people are working on the manuscript, whether that be editing, title work, promotions or beta […]
Read the storySummer Projects I may be burying the lead on this particular post. The big news, of course, is that Parley has been released to iTunes and Audible. Once again, I asked Mikael Naramore to narrate given his spectacular performance of Rookie Privateer. There are a few things that go into selecting a narrator. The first being – […]
Read the storyAs many of you know, I didn’t start my adult working life as a writer, rather I started as mainframe programmer for a very large software company. Writing computer code has always been enjoyable to me and the career has nicely paid for a home for my family, college for my kids and everything a […]
Read the storyPrivateer Tales Characters A few people have kindly pointed out that sometimes, between books, some of us might forget the names of our heroes and their general physical characteristics. This isn’t a full list, but it’s certainly the starting crew of Intrepid. By no means should you take this as a guarantee of their safety, […]
Read the storyFool Me Once – Audible Book Exciting times here in the Privateer Tales universe. Fool Me Once, the second book is now available on iTunes and Audible for download. I’m very excited to also announce I was able to get Laurel Schroeder, a fantastic professional voice actress with dozens of credits to her name. I’m […]
Read the storyMuch to the chagrin of my eldest son, my first grandson, Alistair is in love with Disney’s Fairy movies which prominently feature TinkerBell (not to mention a whole host of other fairies). For his first birthday, my daughter-in-law wanted to celebrate Alistair’s favorite by making a pirate ship scene from one of these movies with cake. So the night before, […]
Read the storyRecruiting Privateers There’s never been a better time in history to be an avid science fiction reader. The choices are wide and the writing has never been better. In celebration of the release of Give No Quarter his tenth Privateer Tales novel, Jamie McFarlane has lowered the prices on the first three books in the […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find Chapter Eleven of the Life of a Miner short story. There are no more chapters. Artwork: Roberto Gabriel Garcia Chapter 11 – Epilogue “How much trouble are you guys in?” Priloe asked in the virtual channel he shared with the Licht boys. Ulran’s avatar made a face. “Dad liked Pete’s idea of making us […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find Chapter Ten of the Life of a Miner short story. If you’re interested in reading the chapters as they’re released, please subscribed to my newsletter. Artwork: Roberto Gabriel Garcia Chapter 10 – Trust is Earned “How was your weekend, Priloe. Did you have a good time with the Licht boys?” Silver asked at breakfast. […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find Chapter Nine of the Life of a Miner short story. If you’re interested in reading the chapters as they’re released, please subscribed to my newsletter. Chapter 9 – Demetria “He took ’em,” Merley said as they approached the asteroid. The supplies they’d left near the forward airlock were no longer visible. “At least that […]
Read the storyBelow, you’ll find Chapter Eight of the Life of a Miner short story. If you’re interested in reading the chapters as they’re released, please subscribed to my newsletter. artwork by Roberto Gabriel Garcia Chapter 8 – Weight of Dishonesty “Priloe, could you come out here?” Big Pete called over the comm. It was mid-way through the […]
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