Twenty-two years ago I married Rebecca Moesta, a fellow technical editor at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, who was also the president of the science fiction club at the Lab.  Because I had two books published (RESURRECTION, INC. and GAMEARTH), Rebecca had invited me to speak to their group.  When I met Rebecca at the doorway to the auditorium, it was love at first sight (that's my story, and I'm sticking to it).  The rest, as they say, is history. We dated for more than a year, before I proposed by giving her a note and leading her on a...
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Daily Science Fiction just posted my new dark fantasy short story, "Dark Angel, Archangel."  (This is the first on-spec story I have written in years!)—about a duel to the death between two incarnations of Death.  Read it at Daily Science Fiction. Each month, the Baen Free E-Library features a new batch of our WordFire Press books.  The latest issue of the newsletter is now up on the Baen site. For our releases, we're featuring the first-ever story collection by Hugo, Nebula, and Campbell-nominated author Brad R. Torgersen (also one of our writing students and a Superstars grad), LIGHTS IN THE...
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Science fiction just suffered two great blows last week, losing two influential writers and wonderful people, Frederik Pohl and A.C. Crispin.  I knew them both well and admired their work. When writing an appreciation, it's easy to get carried away with hyperbole. In Frederik Pohl's case, it is all true. Looking back on his many-pronged career in the genre, I cannot over-emphasize the far-reaching impact he had on science fiction—from his brilliant, award-winning writings that added whole new concepts to our general conversation, to his editing of Galaxy magazine, to being one of the first high-powered agents who recognized the...
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I fell in love with Frank Herbert's writing back when I first read DUNE at age 12, and I have been pleased for years to be working with Brian Herbert and the Herbert estate to keep Frank's works and his memory alive. Our work in continuing the DUNE saga is the most obvious success, but at my small publishing house WordFire Press, we are continuing to bring back ALL of Frank's other classic works, including several novels that have never before been published. We're pleased to announce that Frank Herbert's classic thriller SOUL CATCHER is now also available in print...
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