Gifts for Readers #3: The Moons of Barsk

December 11, 2018

Looking for something to read over the holidays?  Or something to give a reader friend? Here’s the third recommendation I’m making of a book written by a Taos Toolbox veteran. (And by now I suspect that, if your ambition is to write, attending Taos Toolbox might be a smart thing to do.  We really do […]

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The Scare

December 10, 2018

I write about my Wild Cards story “Witness,” touching on the Red Scare, agent of Moscow Christopher Marlowe, and other UnAmerican Activities. (Try not to look at the photo at the top of the page, it might scald your retinas.)

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Gifts for Readers 2: Walking Through Fire

December 6, 2018

Here’s another fine gift for the reader in your life.  Or for yourself. Sherri Cook Woosley is another Taos Toolbox veteran whose book appeared in the same week as my previous recommendation, Lauren Teffeau’s Implanted. Walking Through Fire, from Talos Press, wasn’t workshopped at Toolbox, but we workshopped the sequel, and it was a nonstop rocket ride through […]

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Take Over, Skipper

December 6, 2018

Some days, you’ve just got to take charge and get behind the wheel yourself. (I should also like to state, apropos taking charge, that I’ve lost something like forty pounds since this photo was taken.)

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Gifts for Readers 1: Implanted

December 4, 2018

Now that we’re in the season for gift-giving, I’m going to start a new series of gift suggestions, all of them books by veterans of Taos Toolbox. You can’t have too much reading, right? First up is Implanted by Lauren C. Teffeau, available as a paperback, ebook, or audio book from Angry Robot. From the flap […]

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History-ish

December 2, 2018

I’ve been deep-diving into history here at Rancho Malario, first with the Amazon Prime series Las Aventuras del Capitán Alastriste, based on the novels by Arturo Perez Reverte.    I’ve been a fan of Perez’ fiction for a long while, ever since The Flanders Panel and The Club Dumas.  The Alastriste novels are a very good introduction to his […]

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A Modest Reminder

December 2, 2018

My 99-cent sale on the Brig of War ebook will end in just a few days.  If you don’t have a copy and want one, find it at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, iBooks, Kobo, and Google Play.

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Encore

November 29, 2018

Once again, I’ve published a journal of our adventures in the form of a calendar.  This one covers 2019, and features major international holidays such as Alberta Family Day, Lincoln’s Birthday, Toussaint, Cinco de Mayo, Kamehameha Day, and my birthday. I don’t make money off this, it’s just something I do to share experiences with […]

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Spies and Spinets

November 28, 2018

One of the oldies channels has been running back-to-back episodes of The Avengers (the British one, with Patrick Macnee), and Danger Man, with Patrick McGoohan, both Patricks playing men named John.  I remember watching the two Patricks as a youngster, and being enthusiastic fans of both.  (Danger Man seems to have been the first British series ever […]

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Score

November 25, 2018

Yesterday my Brig of War sale went into overdrive, with an ad placed through Bookbub, which promptly sold a couple thousand copies (without, however, coming near the total required to reimburse myself for the cost of the ad). But the sale nevertheless managed to bring my Amazon ranking to #61, which placed it on the Amazon […]

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