Well, it is very nearly time, at last. The second volume in a series that got started almost four years ago. All Creatures In His Thrall, which picks up the adventures of the newly-married James and Harriet, is coming out in just ONE WEEK! That’s right, we have a Black Friday release! It will start out with the story that appeared in No Game For Knights, but after that, it lauches into a full, novel-length adventure! Thanks go out to all my fans who have waited so long. Preorder your copy HERE ..read more

LibertyCon is absolutely my favorite con of all time. And the reason is simple: they know who I am and they care that I’m there. So, on Thursday, I made the difficult, but all-things-considered wise decision to avoid air travel and drive from Wisconsin to Chattanooga, TN, which is an 11-hour drive. This was because a) I was bringing, and would be returning with, books and swag, and b) I was going, for the first time, to the annual LibertyCon shoot, facilitated by J.F. Holmes. I’d really like to thank him for running an awesome shoot and being so welcoming to newbies like myself. I was also ver ..read more

Hey, readers! Just a quick entry to share my schedule for LibertyCon in case any of you are in Chattanooga for that this week! Also, if you’re planning to attend the reading, this is your last chance to drop me a note for any requests ..read more

So, last week I asked if anyone would read a “Choose Your Own Adventure” format book if I wrote one. I am pleased to announce that “On The Menu Stains Of Madness,” a Mythos – style short story (which was my original attempt to get into THE CACKLE OF CTHULHU anthology from Baen Books) will appear in STUPEFYING STORIES on March 18th, just ten days from now. I’m honored to appear there, and especially with this aberration of a story, which I never really thought anyone would buy. I understand why Alex Shvartsman rejected this one. It’s not quite as funny as the one he bought, but it is much, muc ..read more

Adults who were children when I was, or possibly a little younger, will remember the old Choose Your Own Adventure stories. I remember the first time I stumbled upon one of these, and it was absolutely riveting. It was about at town called Deadwood, though whether it was Deadwood city or simply Deadwood, I cannot remember. I thought it was completely brilliant at the time, and eagerly devoured or of the choose your own adventure series as fast as I could check them out from the library. Now that I am an adult, two questions occur to me: the first 20 being, why have I never seen my own childre ..read more

Tomorrow, a novel that I am really extra-excited about releases, which is Todd Fahnestock’s Rhenn the Traveler. Rhenn was, in a sense, along with, Khyven, the major protagonist of first book in the Eldros Legacy, Khyven the Unkillable. Now, Khyven the Unkillable is quite possibly the best sword and sorcery novel that I read last year, and its sequel, Lorelle of the Dark, was in every way a worthy follow-up. So, I know what I am reading for my next novel of the year, and I hope you will too. I will not lie to you and say that this choice has nothing to do with the fact that I, too, am working o ..read more

So, I’ve wanted to share these for a long time, but life has meant that I have very little time for hobbies I used to enjoy a great deal, like model and miniature painting. I must first of all thank my dear friend and fan Ralph Seibel of Germany — who I have known for far longer than I have been writing — for designing these minis on Hero Forge and sending them to me. It has been years, but I finally managed to break off some time to paint them, and I really wanted to do a good job, so here they are: Dr. James DeGrande, calming down a fire lizard, his No. 75 dragon scalpel at his side, and P ..read more

So since I got so many hits from the Top Gun script satire, I figured it would drive traffic to do a post that would 1) distract pirates, but more importantly 2) give my fans a laugh. So, here goes the script that I am sure no one would ever predict from Dances With Smurfs 2, Digital Bugaloo. It should go without saying that, like my last review, I have written this one wthout ever having seen, or planned to see, this film. The Place: The Smurfelf (or Na’vi or Nauvoo, or whatever) Homeworld Scene 1: JAKE SULLY (voiceover): Life has been so perfect on this alien world where my family has either ..read more

To celebrate the release of CHICKS IN TANK TOPS, an excerpt from my story, “Jeanne d’Architonnere!” Even inside the armor of the tartaruga that she was preparing for battle, Gia could hear the bellowing of the Florentine leaders. Them, and the crunching thunder of the siege guns.  “This is your army? You are trusting the fate of the Republic to a blind man and a crippled girl?” shouted Soderini. “It’s better than trusting the mercy of that son-of-a-whore Borgia and His Profanity Julius II!” hissed back Machiavelli. Gia inspected the turret. Bearings, greased. Springs and gun-track, polish ..read more

Today, I get to announce the release of my story, “Jeanne d’Architonnere,” in the anthology Chicks In Tank Tops from Baen books. This is an especially fun story to announce. If you are a regular follower of mine, it will come as no surprise to you that my day job is being a history teacher at a local high school. Despite this (or perhaps because of this) I rarely delve into the arcana of writing alternate history. However, when I was invited to participate in this anthology by my editor, Jason Cordova, I very much wanted to bring one of my favorite daydreams to life. Most people know that Leo ..read more