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 Greetings from Fiji, in the South Pacific For those of you who celebrated Christmas Day, especially those with young children, I hope it was all you needed it to be. A celebration of the season, of giving, of being with family or friends. I know that this is a hard time of year for many. It’s […]

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic FINALLY, I’m back to some semblance of 100%. Head is clear, lungs are clear, and I just took Stanley for a walk through the woods and was breathing just fine – no threat of an asthma attack. It’s 22F out which is where I need to be able to go outside. Stanley […]

I left Stanley with his mom in the Sub-Arctic while I traveled to Las Vegas to run the 20Books Vegas 2022 author conference. There are over 1900 authors registered for the show. Authoring, publishing, and all things that go into keeping creative people creating boils down to one thing. There’s a machine in Bally’s Las […]

Happy Halloween! And now it’s cold. Down to +3F yesterday. I was able to get through a couple walks with Stanley in the woods. We took our time. Mostly. Hurrying is what does me in. I have to move at a measured pace with rest stops so I don’t have to take big drags of […]

We have snow. And then a lot of it went away because temps clawed their way back up to the high 30s/low 40s F. Then it snowed again. But the temperature is okay and we’re getting out four or five times a day. As that drops, we’ll go out fewer times with shorter walks because […]

Dear {name}, Fall is clinging although almost all the trees have shed. It is fairly dank with sounds are seemingly amplified because there’s nothing to muffle them. You can see our house from the road. We need snow to brighten up the world (and block the view). Why yes, those are lip prints on Stanley’s head. We […]

I had to race down to Phoenix this last week as my mom is on her last leg. My brother told me to hurry, so I did. She looked pretty bad but was still upright. Unfortunately, she didn’t know who I was, but I kept my dad company. Mom’s pallor was a bit gray and […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! If aliens didn’t exist, we would invent them to explain the inexplicable More Autumn pictures because it’s still the season. Temps are holding steady – high 30s to mid 50s Fahrenheit – but the leaves have accelerated their descent. It finally stopped raining. That was almost every day for about six […]

Fall isn’t rushing in on us like it usually does. We are getting a little bit of rain while temperatures have been consistent for almost an entire month. Lows in the mid to high 40s (F) and highs in the mid 50s.The change started early, but since then, it’s been lingering. Fall usually lasts a […]

No Game for Knights, an anthology published by Baen and now available from all your favorite brick and mortar stores, or online. This collection is not available through Kindle Unlimited.Get it here using this universal link to select your favorite store: You can read my story, Utopia’s Sheep. It’s about a retired detective getting conscripted by […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! Your favorite space lawyer returns in Succession Rocking the free galaxy with a passion for justice. Rivka takes no crap, not from an ex-wife, a widow, a child or even a downloaded consciousness. Rivka #16 (Judge, Jury, & Executioner, Succession) is live! Get it today or read it as part of […]

I’ve moved Stanley’s adventures to the end of the NL. Because I work on the other stuff ahead of time and am never sure how much space to leave, some rewickering was in order. Keep reading – we have giveaways, a sale, and most of all, Stanley! Rivka #16 (Judge, Jury, & Executioner, Succession) has […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! Who could use a new Kindle? What about signed hardbacks from leading Thriller authors? The leaves are starting to change color and the air has taken on a crispness in the early morning. The mosquitoes are mostly gone. It is a beautiful time of the year. All kinds of new smells […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! A ship like no other, lost for a thousand years It’s finished. The last two books of the Battleship Leviathan series are done, and both are longer than any of the previous titles. Book #5 is nearly 98k words and Book #6, the last in the series, is 90k words. Both […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC! A new dill salad and the thrill of the chase I always struggle for a subject line that’s catchy because you need to see pictures of Stanley! But I did buy a new ready-made salad mix from Costco – dill salad. It was glorious! I added a few pickles, too, because […]

GREETINGS FROM MADRID! Tango Seven inbound, weapons free.  I am still in Madrid. This is downtime, which means work as usual but in a different place doing different things. Like the naval museum. They have models to end all models. The Spanish ruled the seas at one point with shipbuilding that was second to none. […]

Craig Martelle, Inc is offering a chance to win this eclectic set of really cool stuff for US only (because of extreme shipping costs). A St. Andrews Old Course pennant from the 18th hole, an all metal bag tag from the old course, a 54mm painted model of Indiana Jones, a Lord of the Rings […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Sometimes the hardest fight is not in combat We are in the middle of an extended breakup – that’s the Alaskan term for cracking the ice layer over the rivers. It also applies to the hardpack on our roads. It is getting into the 40s during the day and back below […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Audible Deal of the Day – Battleship Leviathan Bring the Payne!  Straight to your ear holes through the Audible Deal of the Day. Only $2.95 to buy the audiobook. You can’t beat that with an ugly stick.  Battleship Leviathan TODAY ONLY (April 5th)! Audible Deal of the Day – only $2.95 […]

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GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Bring the Payne! Team Payne, that is. He is back along with his whole team facing a terrifying alien from somewhere beyond known space… Stanley! What a good boy he is. From kitchen to living room… my sausage is his sausage, or so he thinks. I toss small pieces for him, […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Sometimes a single grain of sand can stand out on a vast beach… Stanley stole my spot, then sacked out, snoring in my face as if to lord his position over me. I let him have that spot because he is an olympic-caliber sleeper.  My wife was at a conference in […]

GREETINGS FROM THE SUB-ARCTIC Stanley is exploring the extremes of his ability to sleep at least twenty hours a day. It’s gotten cold, like really cold once more. Easy come. Easy go. The roads have a nice ice glare to them.  Stanley is never too far from baby Yoda. He gives his favorite toy prime […]

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! So much snow! We added a foot on the ground over the past week. It now goes half-way up Stanley’s body, but it’s better to have that much snow on the ground as insulation. As it is, we get a hard freeze of the ground to about four-feet deep. Without the […]

Greetings from the Sub-Arctic! Still cold. Business as usual. Stanley gets extra blankets. His hair isn’t growing in thickly enough, quickly enough. It’s 63F in my office as the thermostat in the hallway is set to 70. There’s a second thermostat about fifteen feet down the hallway toward the living room and another about ten […]