Women and the Bomb

The F-bomb, that is. I read a lot of romance novels. At a rough guess, I’d say I read at least 20 or 25 a month. The vast majority of them are written by women. The vast majority of those feature a female protagonist. The vast majority of those refrain from...

Stopped Short

I don’t have writer’s block (or is that writers’ block?). Far from it But Daughters of Suralia may never see the light of day. Why? Well, there’s just too much wrong with it. I may have to change the timeline. There are parts of it I’m...

Snippet Sunday

Somewhere between Tau Ceti station and Kekrax Main, the diplomatic liner Ptolemy is about to get into big trouble…              The ship’s alarm klaxon sounded right over her head. Alexia’s heart gave a...

Snippet Sunday

This little scene occurs during Marianne’s first few days on Tolar. It’s not in the book.              All those Christmas presents, Marianne thought. And she hadn’t been allowed to bring a single...

Reflections on 2012

I’m doing my New Year’s Eve reflections on the past year a little early. Honestly, when I released The Marann, I expected it to fail. I thought, My friends and relatives will buy this, I’ll sell maybe a couple dozen copies, and it will sink without a...

Christmas 2543

            Marianne looked around at the other passengers gathering in the seating compartment. The ship was rather a lot like a high-class passenger train in space, with sections fitted together as need arose:...