Category: Outworld Trilogy

Checklist for STAR WANDERERS update

As I mentioned last week, I plan to take down the individual novellas in the Star Wanderers series and keep the two omnibus editions instead. This is both to declutter my book page and to prepare the way for new sequel novels. However, it’s really easy to get deer-in-the-headlights syndrome when undertaking a major project like… Continue reading Checklist for STAR WANDERERS update

The timelessness of novels

Every few months, an article about the “death of the novel” makes the rounds on the internet. This subject, the impending doom of one of literature’s most enduring forms, is a perennial favorite for bookish handwringers everywhere. If it isn’t ebooks that’s going to kill the novel, it’s millennials, the internet, our dwindling attention spans, or… Continue reading The timelessness of novels

Thoughts on series and perma-free

For the last five years, the conventional wisdom among most indie writers has been to write short books in sequential series and make the first book permanently free. It’s a strategy that works, to a certain extent. It’s what got me from making pizza money on my book sales to making a humble living at this… Continue reading Thoughts on series and perma-free

Guest Lecture to Brandon Sanderson’s English 318R class

A couple of weeks ago, I gave a guest lecture to Brandon Sanderson’s English 318R class at Brigham Young University. I was one of Brandon’s students back in 2008, and he wanted me to talk about my experiences as a self-published indie writer. The lecture wasn’t recorded this year, but here is a rough outline from my… Continue reading Guest Lecture to Brandon Sanderson’s English 318R class

Patty Jansen’s January Free Book Promo

Fellow SF&F author Patty Jansen is running a massive free book promo over on her blog, and Star Wanderers: Outworlder (Part I) is one of the books being featured. For some other great SF&F titles, be sure to check it out!

State of the Vasicek 2015

I recently read a post over on Brandon Sanderson’s blog where he did an exhaustive recap on his writing and update on all of his WIPs, and called it State of the Sanderson. Since it’s the end of the year and I’m already looking back in order to make some new resolutions for 2016, it seems like… Continue reading State of the Vasicek 2015

Star Wanderers: Dreamweaver (Part V) is going up on Wattpad!

About a year ago, I posted the first four Star Wanderers novellas up on Wattpad. Then Outworlder got featured by the site, which generated a modest upswell of interest that has been growing ever since. A lot of people have been calling for me to post the next book. Now, it’s time. If you’re on Wattpad, be… Continue reading Star Wanderers: Dreamweaver (Part V) is going up on Wattpad!

Two new stories!

Now that I’m back from Cape Cod, I’ve got two major projects that I’m focused on: finish the first draft of Captives in Obscurity (Sons of the Starfarers: Book V), and get Heart of the Nebula ready for publication in November. Those are some big releases, so you can expect to hear a lot in the coming… Continue reading Two new stories!

What’s going on here?

According to The Submission Grinder, I currently have 8 short stories on submission. Right now, ALL of them are overdue for a response. I haven’t submitted a story anywhere in the past 30 days, and that’s highly unusual. Either things are slow because it’s the end of the summer, or… In related news, I have a… Continue reading What’s going on here?