Inspecting the Space Station’s Expandable Habitat

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins inspected the Bigelow Aerospace Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) attached to the International Space Station. Expandable habitats are designed to take up less room on a spacecraft while providing greater volume for living and working in space once expanded. via NASA http://ift.tt/2dWqgIy

Flash Sale: The Cauldron Bound

My bronze age novella with elves that is (sorta) trying to stop the zombie apocalypse is on sale for 0.99 this week only. On Monday, it is going up to 2.99 again. The reason for this is because of Octocon and that it is an excellent Halloween read. The Cauldron Bound: A war weary warrior… For […]

To do before Octocon

Laundry Clean the apartment Pack Check bus schedule/ book a taxi Cut my hair Email Thirzah back  E-mail copy editor  Email Likhain Send newsletter Write more world building notes for Rhoswyr series bible Begin type in Spell check Vanished E-mail Daughter of the dark to myself Work more on the Patreon page But next weekend […]

Star Trails Seen From Low Earth Orbit

Astronauts on the International Space Station captured a series of incredible star trail images on Oct. 3, 2016, as they orbited at 17,500 miles per hour. The station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, and astronauts aboard see an average of 16 sunrises and sunsets every 24 hours. via NASA http://ift.tt/2dF0jNE

Space Station Flyover of Hurricane Matthew

The International Space Station has tracked Hurricane Matthew all week, providing images and video from low Earth orbit as the storm hit the Caribbean Sea and made its way towards Florida. In this photograph taken by Expedition 49 Flight Engineer Kate Rubins on Oct. 4, 2016, at 21:05 GMT, the hurricane’s clouds extend across the […]

Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti

On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on southwestern Haiti as a category-4 storm—the strongest storm to hit the Caribbean nation in more than 50 years. Just hours after landfall, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this natural-color image. via NASA http://ift.tt/2dKCYOn

Pondering Frosthold 

A couple of years ago I wrote a novella long hand.  I have had the notebook next to  my laptop for almost as long.  I have told myself again and again that I am going type it in when I have time.  Except I never has time. There is always something else. So I am […]

On my to do list this week 

I finished the draft on Sunday.  (Yay!)  So I am taking some time of from writing,  and doing all the things on my to do list.  Write blurb for Daughter of the dark Write blurb for Vanished E-mail copy editor  Email cover designer(s)  Pay editor  Email beta reader Read through draft  Write newsletter Read through […]