The Premise So Far Book Two of the Supreme Commander Laurie series finds Laurie plagued by endless administrative headaches in her first six months as supreme commander. In addition to resistance to her appointment throughout the United System Space Force … Continue reading →
Telekinetic terrorists contest Earth’s toehold on Mars Jack ruins Alpha Centaurian peace negotiations Time war kicks off decades of chaos Jack’s son revives an ancient star empire A race snuffs out stars in the name of art Rebels disrupt a … Continue reading →
The period from March 2011, when The Martian Marauders was accepted for publication, to January 2023, retirement from the library, already finds expression in the blog, but I hope to pull together more insight here. It’s tempting to just narrate … Continue reading →
It’s been difficult to write 1994-2011; this is quite a long era, from my thirties to my fifties, with several deluded sub-eras as well as breakthroughs. But the period seems anchored at each end: beginning with The Soul Institute charting … Continue reading →
United System Space Force leader Jack Commer has resigned to probe a dangerous cosmic irregularity, elevating physician/engineer Laurie Lachrer to take his place. But when she finds herself inexplicably transported onto his suicide mission, she must struggle to assert herself … Continue reading →
I’m struck by the veering between successes and failures in this period, losing control and skidding across all four lanes until I’d finally get enough sense to stop the car and take a good look around. Had I never learned … Continue reading →
Sometimes this novel still feels like a rough draft, sometimes a finished work close to publication. But I finally decided that Draft 2 is done and that I’m working on successive edits of a final manuscript of Supreme Commander Laurie. … Continue reading →
During Draft Two edits I’ve been struck by how nobody wants to pin a solid name on the central anomaly of the universe as posited in the final Jack Commer book, Balloon Ship Armageddon: The n-dimensional sphere represents contradictory and … Continue reading →
Supreme Commander Laurie Draft Two, still in progress, is already 27 pages and 7,858 words lighter. Overall the energy’s high and the story arc’s where I want it; I don’t see holes, extraneous junk, or need for major architectural work. … Continue reading →
Rough Draft Synopsis of a Rough Draft Colonel Laurie Lachrer, just appointed Supreme Commander of the USSF, inexplicably transports to the new Typhoon VIII spaceship where former SCUSSF Jack Commer leads a no-return mission to the Unknown Anomaly at the … Continue reading →
