Tag Archives: Sci fi

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. … Continue reading →

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MURDERBOT 2 now available – terrific

Posted on May 14, 2018 by

The follow up to Martha Wells‘ novella “All Systems Red” is now available. It is as compellingly readable as its predecessor. It is complete in its own right, but part of a longer story arc which will span two more … Continue reading →

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Eric Flint’s RING OF FIRE press

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

I’m a big fan of the 1632 Universe created by Eric Flint. I’ve read all the novels in the series, and they inspired me to write my own alternate-history series: The Shapechanger Tales. Recently I discovered that Flint created the … Continue reading →

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Terrific book: THE BOY WHO COULDN’T MISS

Posted on January 23, 2018 by

I really enjoyed Laurence Dahners’ The Girl They Couldn’t See, about a teenage girl with a sort-of-super power who takes on a criminal gang. Now she gets help from her brother, who never misses whether with a football or a … Continue reading →

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KELLY SHADOW WALKER pictures & story beginning

Posted on January 1, 2018 by

I had an idea this morning after reading a thread in the Absolute Write writers’ website. AW, if you don’t know, is a terrific collection of over a hundred different forums for just about every kind of writing imaginable. My … Continue reading →

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A DAY IN THE OUTBACK – Elfhome short story

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

The terrific Elfhome series by Wen Spencer is one of my favorites. Each book actually improves on re-reading. Click on a book cover to read its first few chapters & to buy the book. Below is a short story I … 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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REAL GENIUSES: What are they Like?

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

Science fiction writers often write about geniuses and other very bright people.  If you’re satisfied with all the stereotypes about them, read no more. But if you’d like to know what they are REALLY like, go to this newly posted … Continue reading →

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