Hello everyone, and a big welcome to my new subscribers! I apologize for neglecting to send out any new posts lately. Our post-Helene house cleanups and repairs have taken a new direction as we prepare the house for sale. This has been a bummer for me, as living by the sea has been an answer […]
Read more "A Novelist Grapples with the Scale of the Universe"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! 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! James here with another post about interesting places I’ve visited. But this one lines up perfectly with me as an amateur astronomer and a science fiction author! Once again, a big welcome to my new subscribers! Glad to have you along for the ride! Recently, while we were in Huntsville, AL visiting the […]
Read more "A Visit to the Von Braun Observatory!"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)!"Hey, Everyone! I’m back from the Back 2 School Bash at the Melbourne Mall in Melbourne, Florida and we had a great time. I’ve never been to an event like this, but what better venue for a science fiction writer than a Back 2 School Bash on the Space Coast? Many folks took advantage of […]
Read more "Back from the Back 2 School Bash!"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!"Recently we went to visit the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL and it was a cool place to spend the day. Lots of rockets, lots of space history, and lots of cool stuff to see! Walking around the various exhibits makes it easy to imagine living in space. Here is one of […]
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