On Sept. 12, 1992, launch day of the STS-47 Spacelab-J mission on space shuttle Endeavour, NASA astronaut Mae Jemison waits as her suit technician, Sharon McDougle, performs a unpressurized and pressurized leak check on her spacesuit at the O&C Building at Kennedy Space Center. Dr. Jemison was the first African-American woman to fly in space. […]
I am the first to admit that I am new when it comes to self publishing. Since I only have two short stories and one novella out, my sales are low. Not to mention that the novella is in a niche sub genre ( bronze age fantasy). Anyway. The reason for this post is that […]
So. I e-mailed Thirzah earlier this week, with the intention of tossing money at her. She gently steered me away from that, but she did give me some pointers about creating a graphical brand. So I googled and found a font that is very similar to the one that was used by my designer. (It […]
Engineers from NASA’s Langley Research Center and Boeing dropped a full-scale test article of the company’s CST-100 Starliner into Langley’s 20-foot-deep Hydro Impact Basin. Although the spacecraft is designed to land on land, Boeing is testing the Starliner’s systems in water to ensure astronaut safety in the unlikely event of an emergency. via NASA http://ift.tt/218F5cG
Zinnia plants from the Veggie ground control experiment at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida were harvested Feb. 11 in the same way that crew member Scott Kelly will harvest the zinnias growing in the Veggie system aboard the International Space Station on Feb. 14—Valentine’s Day. via NASA http://ift.tt/247LgjK
My books are not, I think, eligible for the Nebula, but they are eligible for the Hugo awards ( at least according to the Hugo Award webpage). So I figured it might be a good idea to point that out. 🙂 Short Story: The Alchemist’s Apprentice, self published. Novella: The Cauldron Bound, self published. I […]
In between edits, I am planning for travels, of the vacation with family kind. In March I am going to Madrid to celebrate Mum’s 70th birthday. ( She is getting old. *clings to her mother*) Which will be fun. BUT! The big, really exciting part is that I am definitely going to New York […]
Since I am going to write a lot of Swedish based fantasy, I am planning to stock up on the upcoming book sale, along with re-reading books I already have. Anyway, here are the current list of books that I am planning on buying. All of them are related to Swedish medieval history. The audiobook is about […]
In this cosmic snapshot, the spectacularly symmetrical wings of planetary nebula Hen 2-437 show up in a magnificent icy blue hue. via NASA http://ift.tt/1O6EZc8
This is the upcoming book in Kit Rocha’s excellent erotic dystopian/ post-apocalyptic. I love these books. The world is gritty and believable, the characters are wonderful, they are wonderfully plotted. I recommend that you begin at book one, though, since these books are best if you read them in order. Adrian Maddox fled his royal life—and […]