Rob Dircks's Blog

This fair is over the top. Check it out here. What are you doing May 16 and 17? If you’re in the area, I invite you to come on down and hang out with me at the Gold Coast Book Fair. It’s Long Island, New York’s largest literary event, and I’ve been invited to be part of the Indie Author Spotlight! I’ll be there from 1:30pm-5pm both days: See you there! (Or not. Don’…

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Well this is a first… I just found out an alpaca ranch in New Mexico named their newest baby alpaca addition Gigi Paradox, after my novel Gigi Make Paradox (Where the Hell is Tesla? Book 3)! I certainly never expected that! Thanks to Suzanne Dome at Three Pines Alpacas! . #GigiMakeParadox #WhereTheHellIsTesla #RobDircks #AlpacaLove #AlpacaCria #CriaSeason #BabyAlpaca #AlpacaRanch #SciFiBooks #

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Go to The BookBub Deal Now BookBub Deal on The Wrong Unit! Holy cow! Pick it up while it’s hot!

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Go to The Sale Now Aww shucks, you shouldn’t have. Wait – I’M giving something to YOU! Yup. For my 58th birthday (yeah, the big five-eight, wait, I don’t know is that a big one?), I’ve got every single one of my books on sale for 99¢ THIS WEEK ONLY. Wow. That’s a ton of savings. Just think: if you bought all seven, it’s like I’M giving YOU $56 for MY birthday!

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Go to Tabitha's blog post now I got to catch up with old friend and fellow author Tabitha Lord this week on her blog, Five Things. If you don’t know Tabitha, she’s the multiple-award-winning author of the Horizon science fiction trilogy (and steamy romantic suspense under her pen name Maggie Clare). And she is literally the only person I personally know that had the…

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Enter the Giveaway Now!

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Listen on Apple Podcasts (37 min) So this guy reaches out to me, wants to interview me for his podcast, about writing, publishing, the new book, and I find out later: HE’S THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD. I’m not kidding. His name is Steve Shepard, and he’s a professional photographer, audio producer, educator, podcaster (there’s more but I’ll stop). Oh, wait…

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Brand-new for 2025! Several centuries from now, on one of eight orbital outposts housing the last of humanity, Theo Hoover is suddenly thrust from mid-level History Repair Technician to “Grand Oversee,” the highest position of all – managing the terraforming of Sunnyside, mankind’s potential new home. Theo hasn’t got the slightest idea where to start. And his brother is missing.

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The latest episode of the Listen To The Signal podcast is up! Listen to the new episode “One Inch From The Sun” now! This story sprung out of a conversation I had with a friend. She mentioned going on vacation somewhere super hot, and said “It’s like one inch from the Sun.” And I immediately thought, “Oh my God, that’s the perfect title for a story.” I typically don’t start with the title…

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The latest episode of the Listen To The Signal podcast is up!

Listen to the new episode “The Grove” now!

As you know, some of these stories are better served if I talk about them after you’ve listened or read them, not before – and this is one of them. What I can tell you is that it’s been kicking around in my head for a couple of years, begging to get finished and out there. It’s the story of Ava, a dreamer. But not the kind of dreamer you might think. So here it is…

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