Hello, everyone! And a special hello to my new subscribers! Inside scoop alert! – Be sure to check out the first book in the AlCent Sagas series to get a free Kindle download this weekend. You can check it out on the links below. Look for AlCent Sagas: Book One – Formation. Today I thought […]
Read more "Central Port Facility Development (and some AlCent Sagas backstory)!"Hello, Everyone! As promised, since I’ve been writing a lot of posts lately about my travels and astronomy adventures, I will take some time to write about the development of vessels, space stations, and settings that are found in my novels. And I offer a hearty welcome to my new subscribers. I hope you enjoy […]
Read more "Space Station Development (and my writing process too)!"AlCent Sagas: Book 5 – Confrontation, the exciting conclusion to the AlCent Sagas series, has now been released on Amazon! Whoo-hoo! This is the final novel in the series that drives to the inevitable confrontation between the space fleet and the insurgency. Check out the explosive climax to the AlCent Sagas series here – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9PPTX6G […]
Read more "AlCent Sagas: Book 5 – Confrontation is now out on Amazon!"Hello again! It seems that every time I go to a sci-fi conference, people always ask me how I created the images and got the ideas for the various spacecraft, space stations, and other assorted vehicles for my novels. I’m happy to explain it to them there, but I also figured there might be more […]
Read more "Aerostat Development"Hello again, Everyone! The third book in the AlCent Sagas series is now out on Kindle! (The print version is still under review with Amazon, but I’m so excited about it I wanted to tell you as soon as the Kindle version came out.) In this novel we follow the investigations of Captain James Van […]
Read more "AlCent Sagas Book Three: Investigation is now released on Amazon!"Many of my fans (and other people I meet at Sci-Fi Cons) have been asking me about my latest cover art image which features a solar sail freighter underway in the vast reaches of interplanetary space. These vessels are a major part of my AlCent Sagas series. I figured I’d show you my early ideas, […]
Read more "Solar Sail Freighter Development"Calling all fans! Calling all fans! I will be attending the 2024 AtomaCon this weekend at Trident Technical College on Rivers Ave in North Charleston! Saturday and Sunday, May 4th and 5th! Come meet me and take advantage of a conference special freebie! All of my books will be available for signed copies (except for […]
Read more "Meet me at AtomaCon 2024 in North Charleston!"Hey, Everyone! I’m so excited about the new release of my latest novel, AlCent Sagas Book 2: Revelation! The story follows the continuing adventures of James Van Wert in colonial Alpha Centauri. Many of you have been asking me when the next book is coming out and it’s finally out on Amazon for both print […]
Read more "AlCent Sagas Book 2: Revelation is now released on Amazon!"Back around 2000 when I first started worldbuilding the Alpha Centauri system for the AlCent Sagas series, astronomical knowledge of the binary star system was limited to the movements of the stars themselves. But now with the advent of the Kepler space telescope, as well as new methods used by ground based telescopes, exoplanets have […]
Read more "Exoplanets of the Alpha Centauri System"So after the success of acquiring my Meade 90 ETX, I got a bad case of aperture fever and started looking. As some of you may already know, aperture fever is when you’ve had a taste of astronomy and suddenly want a bigger scope! The ETX is great for the Moon and planets, and some […]
Read more "Severe case of aperture fever results in a new scope!"
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