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Author of twenty science-fiction and fantasy books, including the popular "His Robot Girlfriend."

Update: Blood Moon

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Blood Moon is the sequel to Blood Trade.  We may see a title change before I’m done, because there are already a half dozen books out their called Blood Moon, but it does fit, because it’s mostly about werewolves.  I had an idea for the intro and started writing, finishing just shy of two chapters before I ran out of steam, but I have the basic plot planned out.  I doubt I’ll get back to this before I finish The Young Sorceress or Astrid Maxxim 2, but I might have this one done by the end of the year.

Update: The Young Sorceress

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The Young Sorceress is dragging along.  I have to set it aside and work on Astrid Maxxim for a while because, quite frankly, this book is a hard one.  The real problem is that working a day job while I write, I can only manage a page or two a day, and it is hard to keep a complicated plot in my head from day to day.  Astrid is easy.  It’s all pretty straight forward.  The Young Sorceress follows seven major characters through their own stories and when I rewrite it, that number may increase.  Ideally I would really like to have this done before summer, but there is a possibility that I may not be able to get it done before then.  I’ll keep you informed here.

In the meantime, this is the latest version of the cover.  Same picture, but with a border to make it look more like the rest of the books in the series.

Update: Astrid Maxxim and her Undersea Dome

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I know I’m all over the place lately.  I’ve been writing here and there on four different projects and have others that I’ve been thinking about.  But, I’m at the halfway point in the draft for Astrid Maxxim 2, and I still think I should finish it some time in March– maybe even before.

Astrid hasn’t taken off too much sales-wise, but I put 4 paperback copies of book 1 in the school library where I teach and they have all been checked out constantly for a couple of weeks now.  The kids seem to really like it.

Read an Ebook Week/Month is Coming

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There you go.  Read an Ebook month is March and Read an Ebook Week is March 4-10.  I’ll let you know when it gets here and I’ll be offereing some coupons to celebrate.  Watch this space.

Free Distribution

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The other day I posted my total book sales.  Moe the Cat, friend of this blog, wondered how many free books had been distributed, so I thought I would look that up and post it.  Here we go:

His Robot Girlfriend                                              377,035 downloads
Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess            93,959 downloads
Eaglethorpe Buston and the Sorceress                     78,799 downloads

There have been a handful of paperbacks sold of each of these books, and there have been a few giveaways of other books, but that is pretty much it.  Sometimes I really wish I had 30 cents for each copy of His Robot Girlfriend, but I know it wouldn’t have been downloaded so many times if I charged for it, and it has done its job of bringing me new readers.  I have plans for a couple of other free books, one of which should be available this year.

Phoenix Comicon

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I am tentatively making plans to visit the Phoenix Comicon in late may.  Check out the link here.
Although I’m a huge nerd, I have yet to visit any comicon anywhere, so it will be an eye popping experience, I’m sure.  I’m thinking of making up some “His Robot Girlfriend” T-shirts to wear while I’m there.

Princess Jholiera

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The elven princess in Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Elven Princess is not a particularly inspired character.  She’s a stock elf and a stock princess, though I flatter myself that I gave her a bit of personality.  She has to have some to deal with Eaglethorpe in their day to day dealings.  She’s his foil, his sounding-board, and at one point (SPOILER) his foe.  I tried to weave a little Shakespeare into the tale (something I did much more blatantly in the second EB story) by making her take up the disguise of a boy.

One thing that I notice of course, is that people either hate or love Eaglethorpe Buxton, but it’s usually him and not his world or the other characters that brings out this diverse reaction.  I would love for someone to write me and tell me what they think of Jholiera.  Incidently I just randomly threw together some sounds to make an elven name.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace in 3D

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My son took me to see Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in 3D last Friday.  We had a great time.  As far as the film goes, it was a little of a letdown, not that I expected a great film, as The Phantom Menace is the low point of Star Wars.  It is so bad that I have actually heard people say things are “episode 1 bad.”  Since the movie wasn’t made for 3D, there were no cool 3D effects which shot out the screen at you.  I expected this, but one would have thought Lucas could have added some, especially when the spaceships blow up.  Also the 3D seemed to make some of the very cool effects look less realistic.  I’m not sure why, but there you go.

I saw an article on Yahoo the other day in which a commentator espoused the superiority of I-III over IV-VI, saying that the plot was richer and more complicated, that the politics were more layered, and the effects were of course superior.  I have two words for him– JarJar Binks, possibly the worst Science Fiction character ever created.  I also find him racist (JarJar Binks, not the writer), though I’m not exactly sure why– maybe it’s the pigeon English he speaks.

On the plus side, the fight between Obi Wan and Darth Mal may be the best Jedi fight scene ever.  And everyone wears such cool hooded robes.
I have to say I’m not a huge fan of 3D anyway, but when it’s done right (like Avatar) it’s pretty impressive.  I’d go see Star Wars just about under any condition, but really, it wasn’t worth $20 for the 3D, especially when I have the DVD at home.

Weight Watchers

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After having a series of problems with clogged arteries over the past few years, I decided last year to really make an effort to lose weight.  I started Weight Watchers and it’s a great program.  I also signed up at a Fitness Center.  There really is only one way to lose weight– eat less and excercise more. 

I like Weight Watchers as a system and it really works, but I hate the meetings.  I can’t stand sitting around with a bunch of people who are trying to convince each other that the latest low fat yogurt tastes better than cheesecake.  It doesn’t.  So, I switched to Weight Watchers Online.  Same program, less money, no meetings.  I’ve lost nearly 25 pounds.  I’m still overweight, but I’m still working on it.

On the exercise front though, I ripped a hamstring last week so badly I couldn’t walk.  It’s almost better now, though I’ve been using a cane this past few days.

Ellwood Cyrene

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Ellwood Cyrene is Eaglethorpe Buxton’s best friend.  He is more or less right out of my old D&D campaign.  He is rather overaffectionate  toward Eaglethorpe, and the latter constantly has to remind himself of how manly they both are.

Spoiler Alert

In Eaglethorpe Buxton and the Sorceress, we find out Ellwood’s Secret (one of them).  He is really a she.  What that means for their friendship and what other secrets he/she may have, are forthcoming in a future volume.  Hint: Ellwood’s name gives a bit of it away.