Hello, everyone, and a big welcome to my newest subscribers! As 2024 had been good for me (except for hurricane Helene), and as many of you have become new friends, either from meeting me at a book fair, sci-fi con, or online, I decided to celebrate by offering a free excerpt of Book One. It […]
Read more "AlCent Sagas: Book One – Formation Excerpt"AlCent Sagas: Book 5 – Confrontation is now out on Audible! Captain James Van Wert races his ship to join the fight in time and learns why emotional attachments have no place in fleet operations. Meanwhile, Rusla and Oruc execute their flawless battle plan against the cruiser Washington, and Finley reluctantly finds himself at the […]
Read more "AlCent Sagas: Book 5 – Confrontation is now out on Audible!"Hey, everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. We sure did! After the Miami Book Fair we stayed on with family who live in Homestead and spent the holiday with them. At one point I got to take my 10″ Dobsonian telescope out to Flamingo in the Everglades where the skies are […]
Read more "Pyramids on the Moon?"Hello, Everyone! This past weekend I attended the famous Miami Book Fair and it was an awesome time! It’s nice to have something positive to report instead of all the hurricane junk. And a big welcome to my new subscribers! Happy to have you aboard! About a week or so before the fair I finally […]
Read more "Back from the Miami Book Fair!"Hello, everyone, and a warm welcome to all my new subscribers! I had the happy privilege of meeting many of you at the UltraCon this past weekend. Welcome aboard! This was my first time at the UltraCon and it was one of the best cons I’ve been to yet! I was dazzled! I saw so […]
Read more "Back from the UltraCon in West Palm Beach!"Calling all fans! Calling all fans (or anyone who wants to discover some excellent new science fiction)! This weekend I will be at the UltraCon of South Florida in West Palm Beach! It will be held at the South Florida Expo Center at 9067 Southern Blvd. It starts Friday, 9/20/24 from 4:00-8:00pm, through Saturday, 9/21/24, […]
Read more "Meet me at the UltraCon in West Palm Beach!"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)!"Hi, everyone! I have great news! I’ve been accepted to the UltraCon 2024 in West Palm Beach, FL! It’s going on over the weekend of September 20-22nd and I’ll be there at a corner booth on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! This will be one of the biggest ones I’ve attended. Last year they had 12,000 […]
Read more "I’ve been accepted to UltraCon!"James here again! Excessive cloudy skies lately got me looking over some of my old astrophotography attempts from last year when the skies were better. I found these from a year ago and I remember how amazed I was watching this event through my 10” Dobsonian telescope. The subject was the Moon moving over to […]
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