The Year in Toolbox

December 30, 2015

Looking back from late December 2015, it’s clear that veterans of Taos Toolbox had a great year. Lawrence Schoen’s Barsk: The Elephant’s Graveyard has only been available for a few days, but is already creating quite a buzz. One review claims it “resurrects the smart science fantasy novel,” which is a nifty trick for a book […]

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On to Ottawa!

December 28, 2015

The Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) might be just a wee bit behind on their paperwork, because they finally got around to declassifying the U.S. Navy’s plan to invade Canada. In 1887. The U.S. and Canada were having a dispute over fisheries, so the enterprising Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Charles C. Rogers, USN, having just finished a […]

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Completely Your Choice

December 27, 2015

2016 is almost upon us, and of course you’re going to want a large, full-color, deluxe wall calendar, because they are awesome.  Not to mention full of great photos that you can frame and pretend you took yourself. And of course you’ll have a choice. Here, for example, is the Vladimir Putin calendar, in which you […]

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Tamales

December 25, 2015

Here in New Mexico we celebrate the holidays by eating tamales, decorating the graves of our kin, and setting things on fire. Whatever your solstice tradition may be, may you practice it in joy and peace. (Though if it doesn’t involve tamales and setting things on fire, I feel just a little bit sorry for […]

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Third Time’s the Charm!

December 22, 2015

I’m pleased to report that I’ve completed the process of making the three Praxis novels available outside North America. All revised!  Improved!  At a better price!  And just in time for the holidays! Conventions of War, the third in the series, is currently available at Google Books, Amazon, iBooks, and Kobo. Because Apple and Kobo won’t let […]

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Following the Money

December 22, 2015

My friend Constance, who I’ve known since our college days, has written fantasy as “Constance Ash,” and now something very different in a collaboration with her husband, the musicologist and historian Ned Sublette.  This is The American Slave Coast: A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry.  Which is about the single most informative book on American history […]

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Parkour on a Bicycle

December 19, 2015

I’ve been doing holiday-type stuff, which leaves me little time for thought or leisure or posting on my blog.  Within a single week, I’m scheduled for three potluck dinners, one birthday dinner (not mine), and a concert in Santa Fe (with dinner).  Right now I’m home, but I’m exhausted. So in my absence, by all […]

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Too Kermit to Quit

December 11, 2015

After you see this, you’ll probably have to go down to the cellar to find your jaw, after which you may attempt to reattach it.

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Getting Expansive

December 11, 2015

I’m off doing karate things all weekend, so I thought I’d leave you with some entertainment. Here’s one of the trailers for The Expanse, the new Syfy series based on the books by James S.A. Corey.  (Disclosure: Jimmy Corey’s a pal of mine.) I was in Santa Fe last week for the premiere of the first […]

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Two Goodies

December 9, 2015

My campaign to make all my work available throughout the world continues with the second of my Praxis books, The Sundering, which is now available as an ebook outside North America for the first time. Find it at Amazon, Kobo, iBooks, and Google. (As with previous attempts I’m not 100% confident about the Kobo and iBooks […]

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