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Swimming with Cormorants and Pelicans
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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Tagged Dinosaur Wars, novel, seabirds
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Hangin’ with the Thomas & Mercer crowd
Maybe there’s something particularly good about the deals Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer imprint is handing out to mystery and thriller writers. Continue reading
Mystery Writers University
The Mystery Writers of America, of which I am a card-carrying member, are convening a thing they call MWA University today at the W Hotel in Seattle. I’ll be there at 8 AM, coffeed up and ready to learn from the masters and mistresses of the art. Continue reading
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Tagged mystery, Mystery Writers of America, novel, Peyton McKean, Seattle
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The Art of Being Makah
Nytom, Makah artist. This guy could go to New York and sing opera while displaying his carvings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Continue reading
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Tagged mystery, Native American, novel, Peyton McKean, Seattle
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Dinosaur Wars 3, done again!
The second draft of Dinosaur Wars: Blood On The Moon is dun. Correction: done. Continue reading
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Tagged Blood On The Moon, Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Wars, ebook, novel, science fiction
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War Stories
There are a few things you ought to know about me and my life experience before you judge my fitness to tell tales of war. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, aviators, Dinosaur Wars, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, military, novel, Stonewall Jackson, Uncle Herb, uss copahee
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Kra Phylogeny
As time has progressed, fictional dinosaurs have gotten less slimy, less scaly, less cold blooded, and more feathery, more intelligent, and more dangerous in turn, up to and including wielding world-destroying power. Continue reading
The Jihad Virus Revisited
I’ve just begun to revamp my third novel, The Jihad Virus for re-issue as an ebook. The reviews of the original were generally raves, although lack of good distribution by my former publisher kept it off the bestseller lists. This time around, maybe things will be different. Continue reading
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And the reviews are in!
It seems somebody out there likes Dinosaur Wars. The reviewers who ‘get’ Dinosaur Wars the best are those who understand it was intended to be a fun read and not something deeper, darker or horribly twisted. It’s an adventure story and lovers of adventures are chiming in that it suits their tastes just fine. Continue reading
Dinosaur Wars Fan Art
In the science fiction genre, artwork produced by a story’s fans has a long history. I was delighted to discover that Dinosaur Wars has its share of fan-created art, as well. Continue reading