The Kickstarter campaign for the complete Astra Idari Trilogy is here! Back now! This campaign sees the release of the entire Astra Idari saga, now complete with the third book: Taker of the Dawn. All three books come in a variety of formats, paperback, ebook, and a gorgeous limited editon hardcover box set. Android bounty hunters… living stars… space pirates who found religion (or stole it)… this epic adventure is

Thank you so much to David and the amazing crew at FanFiAddict for hosting the cover reveal for the third book in my Astra Idari space opera trilogy… TAKER OF THE DAWN! Art by the one and only Al Hess! (insert drum roll here…) This is my favorite of the covers in the series. I absolutely adore how it turned out. I’m very proud of the book, and can’t wait

When things were bad when I was a kid, and they often were, my mom got more determined. Rather than idle in despair, or pass it down to my brother and I, she became more resolved to get to the end of the month, through another day without electricity, or standing in line for bread or peanut butter.  I learned about determination from my mom.  She, being of her generation,

2025 was a year. Summing up 2025 into words is probably beyond me, but I’m going to try. Highest lows. Lowest lows. I lost my mom in September, and the last few months have been disorienting to say the least. This has been the most successful year of my career, itself hard to grasp. Not all of it has been great. The farther you go down one path in publishing,

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