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!"I went out the other night with the 10″ Dob and took a few more photos using my cellphone held up to the eyepiece. I had just finished my last author edits for Book 5 in the AlCent Sagas series, so I thought I’d share them as a sort of celebration. I used my new […]
Read more "Latest Moon Pix"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 I was doing some exploring on the Moon with my new Explore Scientific 10″ Hybrid Truss Dobsonian telescope and was amazed by the details. These first pix, taken by holding my cellphone up to the eyepiece, hardly do the views justice! I felt like I got my shoes dusty on the Moon. I see […]
Read more "First Moon Photos with New 10″ Dobsonian!"As I mentioned in my novel Mariner Valley, many of the bases on Mars were built over underground water deposits that facilitated human settlements. Now, thanks to the Mars Express’s MARSIS radar a major deposit has been found under the surface in the Medusae Fossae Formation. What I had supposed to be a necessity for […]
Read more "Underground water deposits found on Mars!"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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