Cover Reveal for Noumenon Ultra!

Hello all!  Pre-order links for Noumenon Ultra–the final installment in the Noumenon trilogy–are now live! Noumenon Ultra takes us far beyond the origins of Convoy Seven and Convoy Twelve to examine the evolution of human civilization and answer a question billions of years in the making: What are the ancient megastructures actually for? Who designed

Reddit AMA Today!

Hello all! At 12:00pm EST, I’ll be on the subreddit r/books ready to answer your questions about my novels, my hobbies, whatever you’d like to ask about.  If you know you’d like to ask something, but aren’t sure where to start, might I suggest:   My cats, my plants, or my writing habits.  For additional suggestions, see

Arkansas Literary Festival, April 25th-28th

Hello all!  At the end of this month I’ll be attending the Arkansas Literary Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas. Arkady Martin, author of A Memory Called Empire, and I will be on a joint panel at 2:30pm on April 27th, at the UA Little Rock Downtown location, next to the Main Library (333 President Clinton

Noumenon Infinity Honored by the ALA

Noumenon Infinity was honored by the American Library Association and The Reading List Council at the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Seattle.  It made the short list for their 2019 Reading List in the Science fiction category.  The winner and other short listed sci-fi novels are as follows: Winner “The Calculating Stars” by Mary Robinette Kowal. A

For Your Judgement and Sheer Enjoyment

It’s that time of year again, when we authors crow about what we’ve accomplished. More specifically, which publications are eligible for award nominations. In the Best Novel category, I of course am super-duper-phantasmagorically proud of Noumenon Infinity, which is eligible for awards such as the Nebula and the Hugo.  Vanhi’s hands flew away from her

NOUMENON INFINITY is HERE!

Today is release day in North America!  Yay!  Here’s me this morning, ridiculously ecstatic (wild hair and everything): Tonight is my party at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville, AR, and you’re invited!  Details here. If you can’t make it to the party, you can still pick up a copy of Infinity at Barnes & Noble, Amazon,

NOUMENON INFINITY is One of August’s Best Sci-Fi Novels!

Noumenon Infinity is making all sorts of recommendation lists, and I couldn’t be happier!  There’s still time to pre-order.  August 14th will be here quicker than you think! Check out these roundups–Infinity is in great company. Bookish: Summer 2018’s Hottest Sci-Fi and Fantasy Unbound Worlds: The Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Books of August 2018 Barnes

You’re Invited to the NOUMENON INFINITY Launch Party!

  August 14th, from 5-7pm, I’ll be celebrating the launch of NOUMENON INFINITY at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville, AR. I’m so excited to share the sequel to Noumenon with you! Hope to see you there! But if you can’t make it, don’t despair.  You can still celebrate with me by preordering the

Would You Like a Bookplate?

What is a bookplate, you ask (or even if you didn’t, here’s a refresher)?  Traditionally, it’s a way for a book owner to identify that a book is indeed theirs.  Think of “Form the library of” stamps.  Authors use bookplates, however, to provide signatures to readers we might otherwise be unable to reach, or in

International Readers, Are You Ready for a Giveaway???

I have brand-new UK paperback copies of Noumenon burning a hole in my bookshelf, and brand-new bookplates, and brand-new stickers, and of course bookmarks! Would you perhaps like a few of these things? I have two sets of these to give away, and I will mail them anywhere outside of the United States. All you have