10/21/2022 - SciFi Book Bundles and New NovelsHappy October—this time coming to you from sunny (if a bit brisk) Outer Banks, North Carolina,This weekend is Factory Con, the home convention and full-comfort campout for Chris Kennedy Publishing. Every...
9/20/2022 - September Is Overcommitment Month!Greetings fellow readers and writers!As a teacher, I should know by now not to assume I can juggle too many things right at the start of the school year. However, I too am cursed by the sentiments, "I can...
9/20/2022 - September Is Overcommitment Month!Greetings fellow readers and writers!As a teacher, I should know by now not to assume I can juggle too many things right at the start of the school year. However, I too am cursed by the sentiments, "I can...
Hello everyone,This is a special mid-month announcement. I'll be sending you the full monthly newsletter in 11 days with comments on Dragon Con and some of the upcoming projects, but we have a special event today, and I want to make sure you all have...
8/20/2022 - Avian Anthology Ahead!Hello Speculative Fiction Enthusiasts!The summer is rapidly wrapping up—and paving the way for an awesome Autumn. The highlights alone are taking up the majority of my schedule lately.When the school year begins, I'l...
7/20/2022 - Halfway through 2022, looking back and looking aheadGreetings everyone!Do you ever feel so bogged down by current and future tasks that you never feel like you get to pause and look back on how far you've come? I have been falling into th...
6/20/2022 - Mike Jack’s Mixed MediaHello readers and writers, singers and listeners, artists and art aficionados, tutors and pupils,First, for those of you who live in the trenches of the teaching world, happy summer. If schools in your area have not...
5/20/2022 - Mike Jack International and Other StoriesHello everyone! (Und guten Tag, meine Freunde)Today is an exciting day, because I’m adding the international tag to my author list. My space opera trilogy is being translated into German, and book...
4/18/2022Happy April! After five consecutive weeks of author events, I’m feeling overdue for a break. Conveniently, today (April 18th) is my birthday, and I’m going to give myself the gift of downtime… that is, after I’ve written the newsletter,...
3/15/2022Greetings everyone,This evening, I'm writing to you from RVA (which in my mind stands for the Richmond Virginia Area), and even though we've only recently moved in, I'm about to hit the road again.Over the next month, I’ll be at five author...