Category Archives: Announcement

THE EONS-LOST ORPHAN sequel

Posted on October 13, 2018 by

I’ve had a lot of queries about sequels to The Eons-Lost Orphan. Good news: I’m a quarter of the way into the first one. Bad news: I don’t expect to finish before Thanksgiving. Christmas week is a more likely launch … Continue reading →

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ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL preview & director discussion

Posted on August 23, 2018 by

20th Century Fox has just released the latest preview of “Alita: Battle Angel.” Along with it is an interview with producer James Cameron, director Robert Rodriguez, and actress Rosa Salazar. You might think the youngest of the trio would have … Continue reading →

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THE EONS-LOST ORPHAN – my latest book

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

Jane Doe remembered nothing about her past when she awoke naked in a park. She was unhurt and seemed 14 years old, a small pretty blond. In the hospital and later in an orphanage her intelligence was found to be … Continue reading →

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LATEST JUMPER MOVIE on YouTube

Posted on June 26, 2018 by

I just finished watching the 10th and final episode of “Impulse.” This is the latest movie inspired by Steven Gould‘s four-book series of novels about a family of teleporters, beginning with Jumper. The roughly fifty-minute episodes tell a single story … Continue reading →

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GRANTVILLE GAZETTE – Athena’s Journey

Posted on May 29, 2018 by

I’ve long been a fan of the 1632 Universe series. It and the critiques of the alternate universe it describes from many other fans in the Baen 1632 Tech conference inspired me to write my Shapechanger Tales series. Recently I … Continue reading →

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Latest Vorkosiverse story from LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD

Posted on May 18, 2018 by

Anything new from grand master Lois McMaster Bujold is a cause for celebration. I hastened to download her latest story in her Vorkosigan Universe series. THEN I celebrated. Click the image to read an excerpt and to buy the story.

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LAER’S POLITICS – complex, not red or blue

Posted on April 16, 2018 by

In these highly political times I’ve decided to openly declare my politics. They are complex, because the universe is complex. They are NOT binary: black or white (or red or blue). Or liberal or conservative. I am liberal AND conservative. … Continue reading →

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GIFTED – wonderful movie about a seven-year old genius

Posted on October 11, 2017 by

Stories about super-smart kids (or adults) all-too-often portray them unrealistically. As eccentric in some way: socially inept, physically awkward, or downright ugly. The truth is that they are typically pretty much like everyone else. And like most of us have … Continue reading →

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BARE-SKINNED SUPERHEROINE which is not silly

Posted on September 5, 2017 by

Here’s the first draft of an interior illustration for my Shapechanger book, The Super Olympian: Mystic Warrior. In it my heroine is asked to help an old friend who’s been captured by terrorists. The baddies are hiding in a jungle, … Continue reading →

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PERILOUS WAIF – great military SF

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

In a far future Alice Long is a 14-year-old orphan on jungle planet Gaia. Her nun-like Matrons would disapprove of the body-mods she has if they knew about them. An accident reveals some, plus the fact that the brain-washing they … Continue reading →

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