Damn Autocorrect

-- Actual error fixed in Book 2: The Broken Cage. Too funny...

My Home Town News Paper

There is an article about Still Falling in the newspaper from my home town Batavia NY.

The Daily News Posted the article today, both in the print edition and online.

It is kind of a classic local boy realizes dream story.

Check it out here!

--Sometimes dreams do come true.

Mark Your Calendars - July 11

I will be signing copies of Still Falling at Noon, on Saturday July 11th, at my favorite bookstore in Old-town Manassas, Prospero's Books!

Stop in and I will sign your copy! Bring yours if you have one already. I will have copies for purchase as well.

Hang out and chat. I will be announcing exciting news! I might even give you a few clues to what the hell is going to happen next in the Solstice 31 Saga!

Sign up for my email list and you might be selected to be a named character in Book 3: Blood of the Scarecrow!

--See you there!

Backups! Do it NOW!

How would you feel is your computer was stolen TODAY? What if it died. Remember it is not IF it will die, it's WHEN will it die.

How screwed would you be if you are an author like me?

For me, It doesn't matter because I keep cloud copies and backups. Automatic and manual.

Here is a little list of things you can do right now:

1. Turn ON autosave. NOW!
2. Email copies of your work to a Gmail.com account.
3. Set up a cloud drive that syncs automatically

My daughter lost years of photos, and papers and music collected when a skylight failed in her townhouse right over her desk.

You will also have the added benefit of being able to work from any computer or location.

--Be serious about your IT duties. You can thank me later.

Cats and Bombs

A FREE Solstice 31 Short Story!

There is a FREE eBook short story from the Solstice 31 Saga available!

The Outer Ring

This story details the the events that occurred the day before the Ventura Incident.

--Enjoy!

Cutting

The best advice I received that helped me actually finish my novel was just hammer though the first draft all the way to the end without stopping and no looking back. Besides writing a lot of run on sentences I ended up with a novel that was over 1000 pages.

The second best advice I received was, cut the shit out of that thing. With a chainsaw.

That is very important advice for me. I put a lot of science in my science fiction. But it turned out the extra 600 pages of data dumps that explained how my FTLs worked, or the anti-gravity, or the AIs worked didn't forward the lot or develop character.

Start with a chainsaw, then a butcher knife, then a scalpel. (Then write more to sew up the wounds)

--I had to be brutal. But in the end, the story is way better for it.