Tag Archives: Dinosaur Wars

Swimming with Cormorants and Pelicans

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Tom Hopp

The water here is about bathtub temperature, and I just couldn’t resist jumping in with a snorkel this morning to check out what all the seabirds were busy chasing. Continue reading →

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Typing in the Tropics

Posted on December 14, 2013 by Tom Hopp

Those pesky whales leaping outside my front windows, the warm ocean breezes, the rush of the surf on rocks, the major case of mexican mellow that has me in its sway–all these annoyances make it hard to concentrate on my manuscript. Continue reading →

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Redlining Dinosaur Wars 2

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Tom Hopp

I have the dreaded galley proofs in hand, and have been using every minute I can spare to scribble corrections onto them. Continue reading →

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Dinosaur Wars is back in paperback

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Tom Hopp

Now that Dinosaur Wars: Earthfall can be had in paperback form for under $10, I’ve got a good feeling about its prospects. In the past, big-name authors had it over me pricewise–but no more. Continue reading →

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Work work workity work

Posted on June 22, 2013 by Tom Hopp

I’ve been reformatting and revising my first science fiction novel, Dinosaur Wars: Earthfall, in preparation for issuing it as a non-ebook Continue reading →

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My Influences: H. G. Wells

Posted on June 8, 2013 by Tom Hopp

If, like me, you’re sorry there was only one War of the Worlds book published by H.G. Wells, take heart! There are three books in the Dinosaur Wars trilogy! Continue reading →

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Asteroid strikes Earth? What a novel idea!

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Tom Hopp

I wrote about what it would be like to experience an asteroid impact firsthand, way back in 2000. Now, eerily, I seem to have had it just about right. Continue reading →

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More Dinosaur Skin

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Tom Hopp

With so many variations of feathers and scales among dinosaurs and birds, it’s clear that the author describing dinosaurs in fiction has a “free range” of possibilities to choose from. Continue reading →

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New year, new book

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Tom Hopp

Three novels are on the way this year: a medical thriller, a war story, and a dinosaur science fiction. Don’t fall behind in your reading. Continue reading →

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My bad reviews

Posted on December 29, 2012 by Tom Hopp

These few nasty reviewers are doing their best to slow down the progress of my books and my writing career. You can help me get past them. Continue reading →

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