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In what can be best described as a timely arrival, the new Flagship Editions copy of the first Privateers & Gentlemen adventure is now available at Amazon US and Amazon UK. It may be available in Australia and elsewhere in North America, but I haven’t checked.

The books will be available on Kindle only, which I am inclined to regret, but then I’m told it’s more profitable this way.

Eventually the books will be available as print-on-demand, which will provide you with a nifty paperbac...

I’m pleased to report that I’ve just sold five books, Not new books, but books decades old. My Privateers & Gentlemen historical from the early Eighties. The sale is to Flagship Editions, a brand-new publisher dedicated to works with nautical themes.

Flagship is based in London but the works will be available in North America, both as ebooks and publish-on-demand. The audio books have been available for some time.

The first will appear (or re-eppear) in a few months, with the rest...

It’s well past time for this update, but quite frankly I’m tired enough of living it without having to recount it in narrative form. Plus I was deprived of Internet for over two weeks, as the local router resolutely refused to connect to the computer, until just couple days ago the Guy from IT turned up to fix the problem. (A reminder for all of us: it’s not just a guy from IT who’s needed, it’s the right Guy from IT.)

So a little over three weeks ago I turned up at the surgical center and...

I’m attending Boskone, my last bright fling at freedom before my first knee replacement.

Here’s my schedule for them what’s interested:

Fri 5:30 PM 1 Hr Harbor III 50 Secret Wars, Futuristic Espionage, and Lost Technologies

Sat 2:30 PM 1 Hr Galleria – Autographing 220 Autographing: Theodora Goss, Michael A. Ventrella, Walter Jon Williams

READING 4:30 on Saturday

Sun 10:00 AM 1 Hr Marina III 38 The Art of Crafting Authentic Periods

Sun 1:00 PM 1 Hr Marina IV 158 The Power of ...

Apple Books has put my Quillifer the Knight on sale for the criminally low price of $2.99 (regular price $15).

I have no idea how long this will last, so you should plunder while you may.

(The book shown in the ad may have a different cover, but don’t let that stop you.)

The winter storm that’s in the process of sinking the Eastern seaboard only grazed us, with a couple days of rain and one night of snow. By sunset tonight the snow had mostly melted, and the last of the clouds were scurrying over the mountains on their way to a rendezvous with Maryland or wherever.

Still, the day was cold, and I made a point to stay indoors and consume warming liquids.

This is what the Australians call a “potato cod,” though in fact it’s a grouper. It’s one of a large pack that likes to hang around divers.

That’s in one area of the Barrier Reef where divers were once allowed to feed the fish. That was decades ago, and the fish fed by the divers are long dead, but their great-grandchildren still cluster around hoping for a handout. 

Interesting how the memory lingers through the generations in a species otherwise not celebrated for its ...

Lots of meetings with friends this holiday week, almost all associated with food. Above you see homemade soft pretzels served with chile con queso and a fine dry red, the cooking bossed by Darcy and assisted by her large family, who very kindly adopted Kathy and me for long afternoon.

Christmas Eve featured an afternoon Vivaldi concert in Santa Fe, preceded by a lunch with some friends. Dinner featured tamales and posole, both holiday foods here in New Mexico.

Xmas was celebrated ...

Tonight’s supermoon rises above the Manzanos while sandhill cranes seek their night’s rest.

I haven’t posted here since the middle of October. Instead I’ve been, well, knocking down a series of piñatas that have come floating up one after another. Slow-moving targets, but each requiring a fair amount of energy to knock down

In the last few weeks, I have:

Finished drafting HEAVEN IN FLAMES. (Will probably require rewrites, however.)

Celebrated a birthday. (yay)

Scheduled the first of three joint replacement surgeries. (yay?)

Completed a proposal for the next two Praxi...