Hey, everyone! This weekend I’ll be at the 2025 MarsCon at the Holiday Inn in Virginia Beach, VA! Come in and take a break from the cold and have some fun with all the activities on the “Red Planet!” And don’t forget to get a free Kindle copy of AlCent Sagas: Book One – Formation […]
Read more "Meet me at MarsCon 2025!"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"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!"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, again, and a big welcome to my new subscribers! Well, it was a year ago that Hurricane Idalia came crashing into our lives. It was a real punch in the face with the coastal flooding we had, but we got through it and even got everything put back together in time for our son’s […]
Read more "The Face in the Clouds before the Storm"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 […]
Read more "Moon Occultation of Antares"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 […]
Read more "A Peek at Saturn!"
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