Congratulations to JAXA and the Japanese people for this historic lunar landing! This makes Japan the 5th nation to successfully land a spacecraft on the Lunar surface, following closely behind India’s recent historic Lunar landing with their Chandrayaan spacecraft. And the new space race is on! Although the SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) spacecraft […]
Read more "SLIM lands on the Moon!"We are here and have set up our banners at the MarsCon! I look forward to seeing any of you who can make it out! Remember, I have a free Kindle download for my new novel AlCent Sagas Book One: Formation for anyone who shows up! I look forward to meeting you there! https://marscon2024.sched.com/ Novels […]
Read more "We are here! MarsCon 2024!"Just a reminder that I will meeting fans at the 2024 MarsCon this weekend in Virginia Beach, VA! Come on by and say hello and receive a free Kindle download for my newest novel “AlCent Sagas Book One: Formation!” I can’t wait to see you there! Novels by James Crawford – Mariner Valley – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0141N9UXO […]
Read more "MarsCon this weekend!"Great news! Mariner Valley is now available in an audio format on Audible! Read by the incomparable Lyle Blaker, this Old West styled man hunt on the surface of colonial Mars comes to life in a new way and is available to be enjoyed while driving, doing projects, or just working around the house. Many […]
Read more "Mariner Valley now available on Audible!"In today’s post I would like to show you the cover art for the first novel of the AlCent Sagas series, which is set in the same time and location as Seed of Aldebaran. This is the great ship ISS Malabar, a combination heavy freighter and luxury passenger liner that operates between the planetary systems […]
Read more "AlCent Sagas Book 1 Cover Art!"Hello, Everyone! Since I’m well into this new novel series I thought I’d share some of the inspirations I had for writing it. Since I already have a few novels in different genres under my belt, and a completely different novel series in a different setting planned out, I wasn’t sure which direction to go. […]
Read more "Inspiration for upcoming AlCent Sagas series."Hi, Everyone! In my last blog entry I was talking about the amazing new artist I found who is creating cover art for me. (Wojtek Kapusta – find his work at https://wojtekkapusta.com/ ) I showed you the steps we went through, from my humble mechanical drawings to his 3D renderings to the final cover art. […]
Read more "Cover art for newly released Seed of Aldebaran!"Hello, Everyone! Got some exciting news! After some searching and a trip through the grape vine I finally found an artist magnifique to create some cover art for me. His name is Wojtek Kapusta and you can find his work at http://www.wojtekkapusta.com . The process was easy for me! I had already made a simple […]
Read more "New Cover Art for my Novels!"Mariner Valley Excerpt 2 – (Ben O’Ryan and his team assess the destruction of the Station at Ln Crater.) “Hey, everyone,” he called into his helmet mike, “gather around here for a moment.” The people who came out of the building with him formed a circle and the other ones who had been milling around, […]
Read more "Mariner Valley Excerpt 2"It seems that in any divorce at least one of the parties turns monstrously selfish. They won’t admit this, and may even sincerely believe that they are just as involved with their children as ever before, but if you watch their actions you will see that they no longer sacrifice their wants or needs for […]
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