A big giveaway coming up!

A giveaway!Mark your calendars! The box set of the Inquisitors' Guild series will be free as an ebook from March 15-19th. If you haven't read those three books, you can grab them then, and if you want to share them with a friend, it's hard to beat fr...

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Mar 02, 2026
The play's the thing...

On the fragility of technologyWe had a minor rainfall here this morning, and because Duke Power sucks at most of what they do, our power went out for a few seconds. It does that a lot, because despite making a billion dollars in profit last year, the...

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Feb 16, 2026
My 2025 in the indie author business

I occasionally do reports of my financials as an indie author. I’ve also started doing an annual report a couple years ago, which some people found interesting, so I thought I’d continue with that. If you’re curious in my progress over time, here are...

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Feb 08, 2026
News from Dave Dobson

Snow!Like much of the country, we've had a lot of snow the last couple weeks, which has played havoc on roads. It sure is pretty, though. We got about eight inches of light fluffy snow yesterday on top of a half-inch of ice that was persisting from l...

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Feb 02, 2026
Team 1.21 Gigawatts – Our first cuts for SPSFC#5

For more team updates, check out our team page here. The process The four of us on the team are making good progress on our initial allotment of 25 books, and unfortunately that means we’re ready to make our first cuts of this year’s competition. Bec...

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Jan 23, 2026
The romantic comedy is coming together!

An update on Best,and yes, the comma is part of the title. The book is named after the e-mail closing commonly used by academics and others, sometimes passive-aggressively. The book is a romantic comedy about two professors, both mid career with some...

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Jan 16, 2026
Free book coming up on Jan 9

Mark your calendars!One of my Inquisitors' Guild mysteries, The Woeling Lass, will be free as an ebook from January 9 to the 13th. If you're a fan of free reading, make sure to grab a copy from Amazon then. It's the best rated of my books, at 4.7/10...

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Jan 02, 2026
Team 1.21 Gigawatts Book Intros

Here’s a set of links to our book intro posts for our contestants in SPSFC #5! Welcome to the initial round, and let the games begin! Our books, Part 1 Alternative Science Chad Eastwood Dragon City Iryna Karban Empyreax The Rise of Ca Ra Scott Frost...

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Dec 01, 2025
Team 1.21 Gigawatts Showcase Part 5 – SPSFC #5

Here’s a preview of our 25 entries for the fifth annual SPSFC #5! Visit our team home page here for more information. Note: These initial summaries don’t include any feedback from judges, who are only just starting to read for the contest. They’re ju...

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Nov 30, 2025
Team 1.21 Gigawatts Showcase Part 4 – SPSFC #5

Here’s a preview of our 25 entries for the fifth annual SPSFC #5! Visit our team home page here for more information. Note: These initial summaries don’t include any feedback from judges, who are only just starting to read for the contest. They’re ju...

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Nov 30, 2025
Team 1.21 Gigawatts Showcase Part 3 – SPSFC #5

Here’s a preview of our 25 entries for the fifth annual SPSFC #5! Visit our team home page here for more information. Note: These initial summaries don’t include any feedback from judges, who are only just starting to read for the contest. They’re ju...

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Nov 30, 2025
Team 1.21 Gigawatts Showcase Part 2 – SPSFC #5

Here’s a preview of our 25 entries for the fifth annual SPSFC #5! Visit our team home page here for more information. Note: These initial summaries don’t include any feedback from judges, who are only just starting to read for the contest. They’re ju...

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Nov 29, 2025
Team 1.21 Gigawatts Showcase Part 1 – SPSFC #5

Here’s a preview of our 25 entries for the fifth annual SPSFC #5! Visit our team home page here for more information. Note: These initial summaries don’t include any feedback from judges, who are only just starting to read for the contest. They’re ju...

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Nov 29, 2025
Meet the Judges!

Here are the judges of Team 1.21 Gigawatts, our judging team for the 5th annual Self-Published Science Fiction Competition. For all the updates and links you could want, please check out our team homepage here. Allison Alexander Allison Alexander is...

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Nov 11, 2025