scifi Short Story: The Only Way To Travel In memory of Mira Furlan. “Oh, shit! I’m late!” I said, as I finally looked up at the departures screen. I threw my tablet, phone, and other stuff in my carry-on and dashed out of the business lounge door. The elevators were too slow, so I ran up the
Thoughts It's finally Fall! Hello Fall! Oh how I have missed you! The turning of the leaves! The blessedly cold air! The stews, bread, and other cold weather food! Ah, it's my favorite time of year! August was a bit of a rough month, as you can tell by the fact that
Thoughts Rainy July with Fountain Pens It’s almost the end of July, and I’ve been busy writing and editing. I’ve finished my initial edit passes of the first series of books, and they're now with my beta readers. I still hope to have the books out by the end of the
Novels It's hot. So hot. It’s summer in Zurich. And it’s friggin’ hot. We bought a new portable AC for my room, so I have temporarily moved my computer into my bedroom so I can work on my writing without turning into a puddle of hot goo. My body is so not made
Switzerland The Post Where I Write About Dinosaurs (Teaser!) Wow, the whole month is nearly gone! I almost forgot to post my monthly update! The biggest news it that I am now fully vaccinated! It’s almost surreal to realize I can now leave the house. I’ll still wear a mask because aerosols, and I’m not an
Thoughts I finished another one and GO GET VACCINATED! Woo hoo! I have finished Consortium (#3 of 4) and am doing a bunch of additions and rewrites to Unity (the first one I wrote). Then it’s on to Colony. Then more editing. And after that, the pro-editor hunt begins! And hopefully, by the end of the year, the
amwriting March comes in more like a cranky bear. Welcome to March, friends. It’s been a year since my Wife and I started quarantining, and I’m kind of over it. Switzerland has been slow rolling out vaccines, and while I’m happy for everyone I know gettings vaccines in the States (especially my mom and dad!), I’
Novella I finally can hold this in my hands! I finally got my author copies of The Four Keys!! It's quite something to hold a physical copy of this book after so long! Squeee!!!! You can order your own copy here (physical or digital): US Link - German Link
Thoughts I'm a freakin' writing machine! So I woke up this morning still kind of in shock that I finished the draft of a 2nd novel last night! Holy moly! I’m really happy with this one, too, and it comes chronologically before Unity (the first novel I wrote) and sets up a lot more of
Science Fiction Teaser Short Story: "Choices" The following short story is a teaser for my upcoming Survey novel series. It's set in humanity's far future where humans have colonized a good part of local space. Content Warning: violence, death, kidnapping “Marcus, are you done with the programming I asked you for?” said
Novella Hello 2021 with Snow and The Four Keys Paperback Now Available! This picture was taken about a hour or so ago, and it’s still snowing. I think this is the biggest snowstorm I’ve seen in Zurich so far! It’s so beautiful, and for once I don’t mind being stuck inside. Definitely a day for writing and napping,
Thoughts New Year's Sneak Peek from "Survey": The Seven Siblings Author's Note: This is a children's story told to my main characters in my forthcoming book "Survey" which I hope to release in 2021. Sheila and Her Dog Story Book, Chapter 47 “The Seven Siblings” by Captain Joshua Walker and Jenna Watkins A long
Thoughts Blessed Yule and Merry Christmas! I hope all of you, whatever holiday you're celebrating (or none) this time of year, have a great holiday and good slide into the new year! (As we say here in Switzerland.) May this next year bring an end to the pandemic and be better than the last.
Thoughts The update in which I confuse you all... If you haven't been to my page in awhile, you'll see a nifty pic on the sidebar that says "NaNoWriMo Winner" on it! Yup, I finished NaNoWriMo with just over 66K words. I'm still not done the novel, but NaNo really got
Thoughts Monthly Update - NaNoWriMo Edition! This year it seems that I will actually be completing NaNoWriMo since, as I write this blog, I have 37,814 words written! I have to say, though, it’s be a bit trippy, since I’m not working on my first novel like I thought I would be. I’
Thoughts Blessed Samhain Hail to the Beloved Dead who have passed in this year of pain and strife. Hail to our Ancestors! We ask for strength for the coming days. We call to the Ancestors who have been oppressed, who lived and died under fascism, who lived and died under dictators, despots, and
Novella It's a Blog Post! Woo! I know it’s been awhile since I’ve done a regular blog post here, but given what’s going on in the world right now, it’s been hard to update things. I suppose I’ve gotten to the point in quarantine where I’m accepting it until there’
Science Fiction Star Trek Fanfic: The Vulcan Harp The Vulcan Harp (1541 words) by worthyadvisor Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Enterprise Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Michael Burnham/Ash Tyler | Voq, Spock/Nyota Uhura Characters: Spock Prime, Ash Tyler | Voq, Michael Burnham, Pavel Chekov, Nyota
Novella The Four Keys is released! I am super excited to announce that The Four Keys is finally available for you all to read! For now, it is available electronically via Amazon (see link below), although, if would rather not read through Amazon, feel free to contact me to buy PDF version. Also, feel free to
Novella Finally a Release Date for "The Four Keys"!! It's been a long time coming, but I've finally got to the final stages of self-publishing The Four Keys, my mystic novella. I've been working on this story off and on for nearly 5 years. (Can you believe it?) It will be available starting
america What I Understand Now (or: Why I'm Giving Up on Facebook) There are so many things I understand now that I didn’t fully understand when I lived in the US. I now know how it feels to be an immigrant. I know what it’s like now to live in a country where I don’t understand the language and
Video I made a little time lapse video... A little while ago I put out bird feeders on our kitchen porch, and all the little birds in the neighborhood know that I put out the good stuff, apparently. This morning I was chatting with the wife saying that I should do a time lapse of the birds, so
Politics ProgCA Statement on #blacklivesmatter #translivesmatter The Progressive Christian Alliance, which I'm currently the Leadership Chair for, has released a statement on the current situation in the US. Click the link below to read it. https://progressivechristianalliance.org/index.php/2020/06/22/progressive-christian-alliance-statement-blacklivesmatter-and-translivesmatter/
Politics Yes, it really is that bad in the US. It’s 11:45 pm on a Saturday night here in Zurich, Switzerland. For several days now, I’ve been watching the protests in the US and realizing that there’s not a whole lot I can do at the moment. I’ve done the things that I can do,
Science Fiction Fanfiction: Londo's Pantheon I have a new short fiction up on AO3. This time I delve into my all time favorite scifi series, Babylon 5. This story takes place at the beginning of Season 4 when Londo has to make a very difficult choice. Let me know what you think! Londo's
