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Heroes and Anti-Heroes take different journeys. A hero starts out good, but has to learn to be effective. An anti-hero begins as competent, but needs to learn to use those powers for good. My favorite example: Luke Skywalker starts out idealistic but clueless. He learns better and becomes a Jedi. Han Solo is competent (shooting… Continue reading Heroes and Anti-Heroes

Something I try to keep in mind is that for every piece of advice, there is an equal and opposite piece of advice. Good behavior can go wrong by doing too much or too little of it. This is not new. Aristotle discussed it in his Nicomachean Ethics. I was reminded of this when considering… Continue reading Heinlein’s Anti-Rules

Just published: War By Other Means, book 7 in The Fall of the Censor series. Dozens of worlds have been liberated from the oppression of the Censorate. The only thing they agree on is hating the Censor. Newly appointed ambassador Wynny Landry must convince her neighbors to cooperate—and prevent them from being taken over by… Continue reading New Release: War By Other Means

I’m publishing two collections of my short stories and RPG scenarios on Kickstarter. Ultimate Conclusions has 14 short stories, including three new stories in the Torchship universe, looking at the end of the war of the AIs and how to deal with the forcibly uploaded people. There’s also another dozen gaming articles, including the RPG… Continue reading Story Collection Kickstarter

Because I’m terrible at marketing, I failed to update this blog with my spring release, so here’s the announcements for books 5 and 6 together. Swim Among the People: Fiera’s victories angered the Censor into deploying the force needed to retake his lost worlds. Marcus Landry is now trapped on an occupied world, trying to… Continue reading New Releases: Swim Among the People & Trouble In My Day

I’m starting a mailing list to give away a short story each month. The first story, “Justice,” looks at how far Supreme Court packing could go. Check it out, and please subscribe if you’d like more.

There’s some writers out there who push a conspiracy theory that “John W. Campbell murdered pulp fiction”. JWC didn’t kill the fantasy adventure pulps. They were destroyed by something else that happened at the same time JWC took over Astounding: World War Two. The war took millions of readers away from their pulp collections and… Continue reading John W. Campbell vs. The Pulps

Niko Landry needs to infiltrate the Censorate to find a weakness before it launches its next assault. The Censor bans maps of hyperspace, forcing freighters to find their way by word of mouth. He and his crew will pretend to be ordinary traders while finding out all the secrets they can. Any mistake could leave… Continue reading New Release: Captain Trader Helmsman Spy

I’m pleased to announce that my novels 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑢𝑖𝑛 and 𝑆𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑒 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝐻𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑟 are finalists for the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Science Fiction Novel. 𝐵𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑢𝑖𝑛 is the struggle of a newly discovered free world to survive against a government that erases history to suppress any challenge to its… Continue reading Between Home and Ruin & Seize What’s Held Dear are Award Finalists