Category: Outworld Trilogy

$.99 sale for TALES OF THE FAR OUTWORLDS

Hi guys! Just a quick announcement that Star Wanderers: Tales of the Far Outworlds (Omnibus V-VIII) is on a special $.99 for the week! While this omnibus contains the last four parts of the series, they stand on their own a little bit better and can be read independently of the first four. My favorite… Continue reading $.99 sale for TALES OF THE FAR OUTWORLDS

$.99 sale and giveaway for THE JEREMIAH CHRONICLES!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that Star Wanderers: The Jeremiah Chronicles (Omnibus I-IV) is on sale for $.99 for the first week of March! In addition, I’m doing a Goodreads giveaway with two copies of the paperback. Check it out! Goodreads Book Giveaway Star Wanderers by Joe Vasicek Giveaway ends March 08,… Continue reading $.99 sale and giveaway for THE JEREMIAH CHRONICLES!

It’s done!

Yesterday I finally finished the second draft of Friends in Command (Sons of the Starfarers: Book IV)! I know I’d said I was working on other projects, but those were intermittent—this was the main one I was focusing on. I still need to run it by my first readers, but I’m pretty sure this is… Continue reading It’s done!

The love languages of Star Wanderers

So I’ve been reading this really interesting book recently called The Five Love Languages. Maybe you’ve heard of it. The basic idea is that all expressions of human love and affection fall into five basic categories or languages, and that we’re all better at speaking or understanding one language than we are at the others.… Continue reading The love languages of Star Wanderers

Thoughts on the danger of falling in love with your characters

As a writer, I spend so much time in the heads of my viewpoint characters that I can’t help but like them. So it sometimes comes as a surprise when readers get frustrated and want to slap my characters around. To be fair, sometimes I do that on purpose. For example, in Stars of Blood… Continue reading Thoughts on the danger of falling in love with your characters

January Goodreads Giveaways!

Hey guys, just thought you might like to know that I’m running a couple of Goodreads giveaways this month! They are for two copies of Bringing Stella Home, and one set of the first four Star Wanderers books. Check it out! Goodreads Book Giveaway Bringing Stella Home by Joe Vasicek Giveaway ends January 31, 2015.… Continue reading January Goodreads Giveaways!

How going indie is like driving a manual (plus a cover reveal)

A couple of weeks ago, I got a new (to me) car. It’s a 2005 Ford Focus / Saleen: a two-door hatchback that drives like a racing car and gets about thirty miles per gallon (WA-A-AY better than the gas guzzler I was driving before). It’s also a manual transmission, which is perhaps the biggest… Continue reading How going indie is like driving a manual (plus a cover reveal)

What readers want

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what science fiction and fantasy readers want in the books they read. I’m in the middle of writing and publishing a series of novellas and short novels, so it’s definitely on my mind. After publishing twenty books and completing another novella series, I think I have a pretty… Continue reading What readers want

Short Blitz #7: Starchild

Title: Starchild Genre: Space Opera Word Count: 3,000 Writing Time: about two weeks I haven’t trimmed or polished this story yet, but I’m calling it at 3,000 words. If I were stricter about following Heinlein’s rules, I would only give it a proofreading pass, but with shorts I’ve heard that it’s best to cut out… Continue reading Short Blitz #7: Starchild