Tag Archives: At The Queen’s Command
The X-wing Books are Out of Print

The X-wing Books are Out of Print

Usually when an envelope arrives from your publisher during royalty time, it’s a happy event. This time, not so much. A quick glance at the statements revealed that Bantam Spectra chose, during the second half of 2010, to let my Star Wars™ X-wing novels go out of print. Getting the news that such a decision […]

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Why New Worlds: Markets

Why New Worlds: Markets

In early 2011 I was going through a novel of mine, Eyes of Silver, cleaning up a scan from the paperback version. I’d not looked at the book in thirteen years, save for finding a couple of references that I used in my Age of Discovery novels. (Yes, the books are linked.) Cleaning up the […]

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Changing Hands Book signing on Thursday

Changing Hands Book signing on Thursday

This Thursday evening at 7 PM I’ll be doing a book signing for At The Queen’s Command at the Changing Hands bookstore in Tempe, AZ (6428 S McClintock Dr., Tempe, AZ 85283, (480) 730-0205). Changing Hands is an outstanding bookstore. Their schedule is just jam-packed with events. I’ve taught a number of writing classes there, […]

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Happy Birthday: the Do-over Year

Happy Birthday: the Do-over Year

If how a birthday goes is any indication of how the year will go, I am really looking forward to this next year. I got to spend time with my favorite people, got some work done, had a lot of fun, and escaped it all without bodily injury or an arrest record. If that’s how […]

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Ask Dr. Sinisterion

Ask Dr. Sinisterion

(Because I am buried working on Of Limited Loyalty, the sequel to At The Queen’s Command, I don’t have as much time to blog as I might like. Fortunately enough, I have a guest blogger who is willing to provide you insights about the world from a decidedly and distinctly unique point of view. He’s […]

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At The Queen’s Command Chapter Three

At The Queen’s Command Chapter Three

(For your reading pleasure, the third chapter of At The Queen’s Command) Chapter Three April 27, 1763 Prince’s Haven Temperance Bay, Mystria Owen cautiously approached the work table at the room’s heart. Several bound volumes lay open. Pressed and dried flowers had been affixed to the pages of one, with notes penned in an even and […]

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NaNoWriMo Prep Work

NaNoWriMo Prep Work

November is almost here and I have a novel to write. Of Limited Loyalty is the second book in the Crown Colonies series. It picks up roughly three years after At the Queen’s Command. As I did last year, I’ll be putting a lot of words on the project during November. I’ll also be blogging […]

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