12/01/2018

The aliens are coming and we’re in deep trouble! It’s a common theme in science fiction. Those evil overlords with their powerful weapons are planning to take over Earth and a) subjugate us as slaves, b) stick probes into our bodily orifices, or c) eat us. But why? What is it about Earth that these aliens covet? When writers get stuck, they invent something. One answer is that these slime-dripping arachnids covet our water. You see, their planet is bone dry, or maybe they used to have water,

09/01/2018

I write on a computer like every other author. But I also have a pile of paper on my desk, my hand-written design notes and sketches. Paper gives me a place to work out the plot, or handle the math, or just think about the geometry of multiple dimensions of space. This blog might be a little goofy, but I thought I’d share a few of the sketches and notes from the first three books. Let’s start with Quantum Incident. Do you recall the story where Daniel is called to Nevada to solve the mystery

07/27/2018

Science fiction and fantasy books often share shelf space in both physical and electronic book stores. I’ve never quite understood why. Okay, I see that both genres involve places, people and fantastic events that are beyond our current reality. Both genres introduce the reader to creatures that don’t exist in our world or the story dives headfirst into an entirely new world. So yes, there are similarities, mostly in settings and characters. But that’s where the similarity ends. In my opinion,