A Peek at Saturn!

Hello, again. I thought I might share a quick, happy surprise I had the other night. But first a quick hello to my newest subscribers! It’s good to have you! I hope you enjoy these posts about my novels, travels, and astronomical adventures. After weeks of cloudy weather, I finally got a break and took […]

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AlCent Sagas: Book 5 – Confrontation is now out on Amazon!

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 […]

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Martian Sunset

As NASA released this image of a Martian sunset from the Curiosity rover, it reminded me of a scene in my sci-fi novel Mariner Valley when the main character Ben O’Ryan views a Mars sunset from a place north of Vallis Marineris. Read the excerpt below – “It has been said, and generally agreed upon […]

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Aerostat Development

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 […]

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Latest Moon Pix

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 […]

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