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New Book Published at Smashwords | Exotic Contraband: The Road Past Home

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The universe is infinite in extent and the Compact large beyond simple measurement. But the Starship Bostonian has found a road home for the few humans stolen from their home world. But the Compact has strict non interference rules and while returning the humans is allowed, contact beyond that is forbidden. The crew of an Air Force recon jet, kidnapped and sold as creature show exhibits want to go home though their commander, Major Sandra Sebastianii, might have made another decision if she had been alone.

The ancient human commander of the Compact Cartographic Cruiser Bostonian is less sure of his road home, because his birth world is an utterly unrecognizable and all he had once known is dust. Now his place and his friends all reside in the vastness of the Compact, all except for the one person he can’t live without.

Everyone starts out following the rules. But rules are meant to be bent especially when a civilization is on the edge of a war it does not understand the reason for. And while the Qang Smugglers might look cute and cuddly their ruthless arrogance is about to get them into deadly danger, and their stupidity may be the trigger needed to start an interstellar war of unthinkable destructiveness.

  • Science Fiction
  • Adventure
  • Hard Science Fiction
  • Romance

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National Novel Writing Month 2012, Starting November 1, at 00:00:00, a thing to do…

So once again November approaches and new fields of stress and invention await.  The Daughter (beloved I assure you) is getting married this November but still seems to think she may actually try to do this (again) and is (kinda) urging me to as well.  And maybe I should, a novel about  her driving her parents NUTS!!!  But besides that it might be an interesting challenge.  On top of all the other writing assignments I am getting from work and the attempt to get Elgin finally Finished and into Smashwords Premium Distribution.  (Elgin was last year’s NaNoWriMo entry…finished in December but a winner none the less.)

A world apart

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We each live in a world apart from all others with only limited senses, knowledge and above all time, to understand the worlds of others, we tend to associate with those of a similar mindset either on purpose or by happenstance [family, region, career, religion, etc.]  We associate with the similar because its easier and more effective than having to form a common base with someone whose world is very different.

Is the internet while making many things more common on one level, is breaking down some of the commonality that provided the ability to quickly relate to those you meet on a day-to-day basis?

With that rapid assimilation gone do we tend to live in a field of strangers who are getting less familiar all the time.  And does that limit trust, the trust that is so critical to the success of the greater American culture?

The above is just a restatement of concerns expressed many times before.  I guess I just had never thought through the ‘world apart’ metaphor and the reason we are worlds apart, even when we are touching each other.

 

Exotic Contraband – Lost among the stars…now on Smashwords and soon to be at iBooks, Nook Books, and more

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The blade Stonewall approaching the spindle Athena making for a sungate

The blade Stonewall approaching the spindle Athena while making for a sungate jump point

Exotic Contraband:  Lost among the stars:  Aliens are real and they’re here. Unfortunately they aren’t here for intellectual stimulation, they’re here to make cold hard cash. And they aren’t interested in letting the authorities, theirs or ours, in on their racket.

This is the story of survivors lost in a universe that they hadn’t imagined, and the story of their rescue and return.

It’s only 99cents and a steal at many times the price if you enjoy a good read with a mix of hard and space opera sci fi with a little action and romance thrown in.  And why is that ship called the Stonewall?

See it all at Smashwords.

First Post of 2012

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So I haven’t made any New Years resolutions and I have actually had a reasonably good track record of at least making progress most years.

My Blogging New Years resolution is to average more than one post a day.  I also want to somehow clean up my tags and categories.  Categories should be one of a pretty small class and the tags the larger number but not overwhelming.  It appears that managing tags and categories is not an option at this level of WP tools though.

I had made a promise to myself to blog at least once a day (after I started back in the dingy past of September) by dropping the ball the past two days…and a few other days in the meantime.  But I have averaged somewhat more than one a day, so that’s what my target is going forward.

I also plan on loosing at least 30 lbs (unfortunately not a big percentage at my current weight) and getting back in reasonable shape.  There were various excuses for the fall this year, but now I am apparently healthy again I need to get back the good habits I had for a year and more three years ago….

At least three of my ‘back stock’ of sci fi published and a couple of new ones written and published.  (Figure out if I’m always only going to be a freebie or if there is something I can do to get over the hump….)

Build two home computers one for the son, one as a family server.

NaNoWriMo Day 25…Winning is easy how to handle to fame is hard

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Oh the fame, the fame, I will have to be beating the hordes away from the door….won’t I ?
 
Oh well…might as well as keep cranking, would like to get most of Elgin first draft done in Nov before moving back to editing the back log for submission to the world through Smashwords.
 
Words Written Today  3,378
Total Words Written  62,116  As of Day 25
Average Per Day  2,484

Target Word Count  50,000   Target Average Words Per Day  1,667

NaNoWriMo Update Day 23

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Just rubbing it in, will be updating to Smashwords in a few minutes.
Target Word Count 50,000  Target Average Words Per Day  1,667
Words Written Today 3,869
Total Words Written 58,145  Current Day  23
Your Average Per Day 2,528
Words Remaining 0  Days Remaining 8
Finished  On  November 20, 2011
Words Per Day To Finish On Time, Zilch