My new Space Opera Novel, Space Carrier Avalon, is now out on Kindle! The Fleet’s Old Lady – out for one last dance Avalon was the flagship of the Castle Federation in the last war, now twenty years past. The first of the deep space carriers, no other warship in the fleet holds as many honors or has recorded as many kills. No other warship in the fleet is as old. Accepting the inevitable, the Federation Space Navy has decided to refit her and send her on a ... Read more »
Announcement
The Numbers Don’t Lie
So there will be some changes hitting in the coming days to the availability of some of my books. In my day job, I'm a Financial Analyst - which basically means I break down numbers, trends and data to produce conclusions that are useful for decision-making. Since I actually enjoy my day job, I applied those skillsets to tracking my book sales and writing (there are some very complicated spreadsheets on my computer). One of the pieces of analysis I did was on Kindle Unlimited versus ... Read more »
Life, and the Space Carrier Avalon Release Date
The release date for Space Carrier Avalon has been pushed back to the beginning of June. While the various delays really should only push it back a week, unfortunately that puts it into the middle of my move into my new house. For some strange reason, I don't plan on trying to edit and assemble publication files while my working setups are either packed or split between houses! In other news, we bought our first house, an adorable little condo townhome tucked away in one of Calgary's older ... Read more »
City in the Sky Released!
City in the Sky has finally been released - and one lucky member of the mailing list has won a copy! Check it out on Amazon here or Smashwords here. Other vendors to follow as they update. Trapped between two peoples Erik Tarverro is a half-breed raised as a smith in the human city of Vidran. Hounded for his mixed blood and denied mastery in his craft, he leaps at the chance to join his father’s people in the Sky City of Newport. There, he learns he is the only heir of an ... Read more »
Release Schedule
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. The bottom of the front page has now been updated with a schedule of the planned release dates for 2015. They are as follows: City in the Sky: Late March. Also known as 'Very Soon Now (TM)" Space Carrier Avalon: May or June. I'm aiming for the end of May, but I've got about 25,000 words left to go, plus at least one edit cycle. If it slips into ... Read more »
Starship’s Mage: Omnibus no longer on Google Play
This blog post was published on and may be out of date. Visit starshipsmage.com for current information on the Starship's Mage universe. Hi everyone, Just a quick announcement that Starship's Mage: Omnibus is no longer available on Google Play. It is still available at all other vendors. I realized this morning that Kindle was selling the Omnibus at a significantly reduced cost that I was not expecting, and started to look into it. After digging through all of my retailers, I realized ... Read more »