New Web Site Coming!
Over the last few months, I’ve been working away in odd moments on a new project. That project is a complete revamp of my website! Oh yes, this has been a long time coming. My current site (www.starrigger.net) has existed … Read More
Paris
So, having my big sale come out right after the horrific events in Paris feels crass, at best. (It was all set in motion, of course, long before those events.) I feel a bit weird about promoting books in the … Read More
Get Your Red-Hot Dragons! And Supernovas! Hot Hot Hot!
I’ve got two specials going at once, starting today! Am I crazy or what? (Yeah, I know.) For dragon lovers, or anyone wanting to dive more deeply into the Star Rigger Universe, I offer Dragons in the Stars! How much? … Read More
Hitting a Wall Writing?
Writing can be so frustrating. You start out with a brilliant idea, and you fling yourself into it with abandon. And you write up a storm. And after a while… Jim C. Hines says exactly what I feel. Happens to … Read More
Do the Funky Conch Hop
A conch is a kind of snail, right? And snails don’t jump; they ooze, right? Well, not always, it turns out. Here, from Science News, is a story about the motion of Gibberulus gibberulus gibbosus, aka hunchbacked conch. To quote: … Read More
Braided Clouds, from Space
This NASA image caught my eye on The Atlantic’s website. (Click the link if this embed code doesn’t work. Ah, nope, it doesn’t. Click the link.) Cloud vortices off Heard Island, south Indian Ocean, from NASA’s Aqua satellite. Cloud vortices off … Read More