Harlan Ellison died last week, short of stature, large of ego, and a man of unquestionable impact in the field. I knew Harlan. I liked Harlan, although many considered him an ogre—and he could be. But he did a lot for me, whether or not he realized how important it was to a newer author trying to find his way in the field. I've posted many stories on my social media. Here they are, all together, in case you missed any of them. My first contact with Harlan Ellison was when he called me out of the blue one afternoon....
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Strap in, adjust your uniform, fire up the engines, and get ready to defend the Earth against all threats, extraterrestrial and domestic!  I’ve curated a new Military Science Fiction storybundle with a dozen great books from the high-tech battlefields right here on our home planet to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. This storybundle contains two of my standalone military SF novellas, ESCAPE HATCH and PRISONER OF WAR, and COBRA SLAVE by Timothy Zahn, as well as OBLIVION by Steve White and Charles E. Gannon, part of the New York Times bestselling Starfire series. Baen Books provided the brand new,...
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In 2016 I nearly killed myself by appearing at 22 science fiction conventions, pop-culture expos, and comic cons. I was exhausting, and though I was seen by about 1.5 million people, according to the conventions themselves, I didn’t get a lot of writing done! As a result, the following year—2017—was one of my thinnest years ever, with only two new books released, the expanded edition of Tales of Duneand the new Dan Shamble, Zombie P.I. novel, Tastes Like Chicken. That was a real wakeup call for me, and I got back to devoting my time and energy to writing and...
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I pulled together my list of upcoming appearances for the next few months. Hope to see you at one of them: July 4-8 Westercon Denver (Rebecca Moesta is editor guest of honor!) July 19-22 Writing the Rockies, Gunnison CO Aug 3-5 Tampa Bay Comic Con Aug 17-19 Michigan Comic Con Aug 30-Sept 3 DragonCon Atlanta Oct 6 Grand Junction Comic Con, Grand Junction CO Oct 26-28 Atlanta Steampunk Expo Atlanta GA Rebecca will be with me at Westercon, part of Writing the Rockies, and of course DragonCon. A reminder, in case you haven't had a chance to meet me before—I...
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