The Making War is out today! Â This is book 4 in the series that begins with The Silver Ship and the Sea. Â Come find out about a family that started as spoils of war on an abandoned on a colony planet and changed five worlds. Â Meet Alicia, who wants to fly so badly she is …
I’ll be at Orycon November 9-11 at the Red Lion hotel in Jantzen Beach, in Portland, Oregon. Friday, November 9 5:00 PM: Must Reads for the Environmentally Aware – Overton Room 7:00 PM: Writer Retreats – Pettygrove Saturday, November 10 10:00 AM: Artificial People in Science Fiction – White Stag 11:00 AM:Â Meet B-Cubed Press …
This post is a lightly-edited version of one that went out in my newsletter. If you like it, please consider signing up. I send out about ten newsletters a year. They include posts like this, reading recommendations, and sometimes some of my writing. My son just came home from fighting wildfires in Washington State. The …
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Friday Genetic Manipulation and Made-to Order Species: Biotech in SF 10:00am – 11:00am @ Cascade 10 Brenda Cooper (M), Nancy Kress, K. C. Alexander, Fonda Lee Futurism 101 11:00am – 12:00pm @ Cascade 9 Peter N. Glaskowsky (M), Brenda Cooper, PJ Manney Speculative Poetry 2:00pm – 3:00pm @ Cascade 12 Brenda Cooper, Cat Rambo, Alexandra …
I’m really excited to share some news. If you read my newsletter, you heard this story.  If you don’t, and you want new stories about once a month, you can sign up here. Here’s my news…..I finished my first-ever work as a fiction editor. This project, the anthology A Year Without a Winter, was full …
The Silver Ship and the Sea has been included on a storybundle. That means you can get it — the new 10th anniversary version – and a lot of other great fiction from writers like Jody Lynn Nye, Robert Sawyer, Kevin J, Anderson, and more. Pay as little as $15.00 for 13 ebooks. Some portion …
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I’m pleased to share the beautiful cover that Wordfire Press designed for the 10th anniversary edition of The Silver Ship and the Sea: I love the simplicity of the cover, and wanted to share it.  Thanks to Janet McDonald for a great cover design. If you want  copy, the best deal for this new version …
My first solo novel, The Silver Ship and the Sea, is getting a fabulous tenth anniversary edition from Wordfire Press, available this month. Â This is a favorite tale of mine, with beloved characters I got to spend many long hours with. Â It was my first award-winning novel. The basic story is that six genetically altered …
I recently completed a Masters in Fine Arts at Stonecoast.  A number of people asked me why, and others have whether or not it was worth it. So here’s my write-up, which might help mid-career authors who are considering an MFA. First – a brief description. Stonecoast is a low-residency MFA through the University of …
Wow – what fun. Â That was a wild first week for Wilders. Pun intended. Thought this list of all the events and interviews and the like might be worth putting together for folks since there are still ways to read parts of Wilders up on the web, a few giveaways, and lots of interviews. Â So …
