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Trying Something Different

https://www.starrigger.net/2025/01/16/trying-something-different/

Published: January 16, 2025 06:23

One of the challenges of publishing books is keeping them fresh in the eyes of the audience. With indie-published ebooks, there are a few things you can do: run ads, run Bookbub deals, wish upon a star… If you don’t … Read More

Rig in the New Year with the Big Guys

https://www.starrigger.net/2025/01/07/rig-in-the-new-year-with-the-big-guys/

Published: January 8, 2025 00:20

Our New Year celebration was pretty low key. “Hey, look, it’s 1 a.m.—Happy New Year.” But I do have something to wish you all Happy New Year with: Dragon Rigger, in a wonderful new audiobook production from my friends at … Read More

Merry Christmas!

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/12/25/merry-christmas-2024/

Published: December 25, 2024 05:37

Here’s wishing all my friends, everywhere, a joyous Christmas, Hanukkah, and other celebrations. May the season bring you peace and happiness, regardless of your creed, race, or nation of birth. I know it’s a long shot, making a wish like … Read More

New Audiobooks Cascading Your Way: Dragons in the Stars

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/12/03/new-audiobooks-cascading-your-way-dragons-in-the-stars/

Published: December 3, 2024 21:39

The Rapture Effect was just a start. All of my Star Rigger novels are getting new audiobook recordings (with the exception of Eternity’s End, which already has a terrific recording). Just released: Dragons in the Stars. It’s a lovely recording, … Read More

The Rapture Effect Reborn

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/11/20/the-rapture-effect-reborn/

Published: November 20, 2024 23:16

My novel The Rapture Effect, originally published some years ago, is now out in all-new clothes! I gave you a look at the new cover a few weeks ago, but here it is again: The first print edition since the … Read More

Sci-Fi Book Blast

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/11/14/sci-fi-book-blast/

Published: November 14, 2024 20:21

More than a hundred SF ebooks are free, today and tomorrow! Through the efforts of a lot of indie authors, spearheaded by Carolynn Gockel, a blast promotion of free books has gone live today. Two days only! If you like … Read More

What Has Happened to My Country?

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/11/06/what-happened-to-my-country/

Published: November 6, 2024 23:29

Call me naïve, but I am stunned that a majority of voting Americans would willingly put a pathological serial liar, a bald-faced racist and misogynist, a convicted felon, a salad shooter of hatred and fear—and a violent insurrectionist—back into the … Read…

Spiffy New Editions for The Rapture Effect

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/10/24/spiffy-new-editions-for-the-rapture-effect/

Published: October 24, 2024 05:14

I’ve been working on a new print edition of The Rapture Effect—the first print release since the original Tor publication. Following The Infinity Link, The Rapture Effect was my second long novel, about an interstellar war being waged by an … Read More

Boston Lights at the Franklin Park Zoo

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/10/22/boston-lights-at-the-franklin-park-zoo/

Published: October 23, 2024 02:25

Recently we went with a friend of Allysen’s to see this remarkable installation of art at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. It was spectacular, an hour-long walk through the grounds of the zoo, winding past a continuing display of gorgeously lit … Read More

Panglor Flies Free

https://www.starrigger.net/2024/10/14/panglor-flies-free/

Published: October 14, 2024 21:24

I’ve got a promotion scheduled for next week, but in preparation, I’ve set a few prices down ahead of time. So why wait? Panglor, the first book in the Star Rigger Universe, is FREE for a limited time in your … Read More