It's the Spooky Season!
It’s October! You probably knew that—I’m the one who needs to be reminded. The past month and a half has been a whirlwind with finishing Clouds in the...
New Store, Interviews, Welcome New Subscribers
Hi, I’m breaking out of my once-a-month-cadence for the second time in two months for some news and because there may not be a September newsletter due to...
B&N Signing, Dogs and Writing, Counting Crows
Hi, I haven’t posted two weeks back to back in a while, but I have some news and links to share, and didn’t want to make last week’s message too long. Barnes...
Preview from Clouds in the Future, Book Signing, Download Fix
I hope you're having a great summer! This time I have the preview chapter from Clouds in the Future I promised. But first, some housekeeping. It seems that a...
July Update
Clouds in the Future Last month I said I wanted to send you a chapter from Clouds in the Future in July, but that’s going to have to wait. Last week I read...
Podcast Recommendation
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that if you’re subscribed to the email list, you enjoy reading. You may also enjoy podcasts, since they’ve grown in...
A Very Dark Matter
Hi, It’s been a while! What I’m Writing I’m about 20k words into Clouds of the Future and so far I’ve only changed my mind and threw away two entire...
A Different Sequel, and the X-Men
Happy Weekend! It's Saturday morning and I see a beautiful blue sky out my office window as I write these words. Ride the bicycle or get some writing done?...
Ban the Martian Spiders!
Hi, I'm back with spiders on Mars, book bans, and book reviews. The Spiders from Mars The non-human bad guys in my books hail from Mars. At least that's...
How to Do Kaiju
On Monday I posted a link to Scalzi's review of Godzilla Minus One quoting him about what made the movie work: Godzilla Minus One is terrific in no small...
Space Junk!
Space Junk! Another War of the Worlds sequel series! Books on sale! Read on! Space Junk The inciting event in Constellation, which I wrote about in my last...
Journey to the Far Side of the Constellation
It was a busy week, which is why I'm writing this on Saturday morning, after it's already due in your inbox. I had to write a big whitepaper for the day job...
What's Your Favorite Science Fiction Film?
The Top 150 Sci-Fi Films Rolling Stone published this list of "the best 150" science fiction films back in January. It's a clickbait article, of course, and...
Release Day!
I don't like crowding your inbox with "extra" messages, but you only release your first book once. Shadows of the Past is now available for sale in both...
The Home Stretch
Happy Saturday! A bunch of new folks joined the list recently. Welcome! This week is a non-standard message, as I'll explain below. Just Six Days! The past...
Sci-Fi Comfort Food
Happy Saturday! We're just over two weeks away from the first day of Spring! It was unseasonably warm in this neck of the woods this week, and even though...
Emil Zimmerman, the Bad Soldier
Happy Saturday! This week I've got: Another character profile from Shadows of the Past A free short story for you to download, a one-question poll I'd very...
The War of the Worlds: The Exodus From London
This is the sixteenth chapter in a serialization of H. G. Wells' entire novel. You can start the series here. If you're reading it in your email, thanks for...
Meet James Brogan
We're just a few weeks away from Shadows of the Past's release, so I think it's time to revisit a few of the story's main characters and what makes them...
The War of the Worlds: What Had Happened in Surrey
This is the fifteenth chapter in a serialization of H. G. Wells' entire novel. You can start the series here. If you're reading it in your email, thanks for...
The War of the Worlds: What Do These Things Mean?
Are You Not Entertained? and H.G. Wells War of the Worlds have moved to Buttondown. The short reason is that Substack doesn't support the integrations I need...
The War of the Worlds: A Diversion
Are You Not Entertained? and H.G. Wells War of the Worlds have moved to Buttondown. (If you read AYNE, you learned this on Friday. Sorry for the rerun.) The...
Toxic Party Poops
Moving Day I've moved Are You Not Entertained? and H.G. Wells War of the Worlds to Buttondown. Substack doesn't support the integrations I need as an indie...
Titans
Add size joke here.
The War of the Worlds: What Confounded Nonsense!
The attack begins in earnest.
A Real War of the Worlds?
Nuke 'em 'til they glow, then shoot 'em in the dark.
The War of the Worlds: Surveying the Desolation They Had Made
Another hatless man!
My Dog is Smarter than Your Toddler
Plus a book preorder.
The War of the Worlds: And This Thing I Saw!
Something Very Stupid Like the War Fever
My Shoes are Too Tight
But it doesn't matter.
The War of the Worlds: It Ain’t No Murder Killing Beasts Like That
The Excrement Hits The Ventilator
Godzilla Minus One: Back to Basics
A shape-changing monster reverts to his origins. Plus, a book release update and podcast recommendation.
Substackers Against Nazis
A collective letter to Substack leadership
The War of the Worlds: Friday Night
Martians? Ho hum.
Parrots in Beta Release Time Machines
Not really.
The War of the Worlds: How I Reached Home
Martians? You must be that guy that was running around without a hat.
What Are We Afraid Of?
Is the "I" in AI for Identity?
The War of the Worlds: The Heat-Ray in the Chobham Road
Where do they get those wonderful toys?
Connections returns!
Plus: Cable Ties.
The War of the Worlds: The Heat-ray
Give peace a chance?
A Police Workspace
What's the problem?
The War of the Worlds: The Cylinder Opens
That escalated quickly.
The Duck and the Bodies
Time traveling ducks with ties. (Not really.)
The War of the Worlds: On Horsell Common
A butcher, a cyclist, and a jobbing gardener, walk into a pub in Woking...
The War of the Worlds: The Falling Star
There's someone inside!
The War of the Worlds: The Eve of the War
It starts.
Countdown to War of the Worlds
War is coming...
Remixes, Remakes, and Retreads
One of the many unfinished stories I wrote in high school started with two people sitting at a musical keyboard. One of them would play something and the...
Interlude
Silly signs, bikes, and a lighthouse.
Ordinary Men?
Were they?