Gregeration X Newsletter September 16, 2023-Geek Off The Street!

Hello ,

Thanks for joining me for my bi-weekly updates once again. If you're new to my newsletter, welcome aboard!

In this edition:

My Musings
Mechhaven Missives
Featured Authors
Featured Promotions

My Musings

Last weekend I had the pleasure of appearing on Episode 130 of Geek Off The Street. I've known one host, Marc Pope, for close to 25 years. Geek Off The Street started about the same time that I released Duel of Destiny and shortly before I released Pax Machina. From the start, Marc and Trent have been super supportive and have promoted me and the Mechhaven series. They've always talked about having me on the show, but for some reason we never made it happen. It was becoming a running joke. Now finally, with all the stars in alignment, I made it on the show and we had a wide-ranging discussion on Geek Culture, Mechhaven, Writing, and Indie Publishing. I had a great time. I think Marc and Trent did too! Check it out on the links below:

Apple Podcast
Spotify
YouTube (If you prefer the video version)

Mechhaven Missives

If you've finished Rally Point, or at least made it through Chapter 8, you can check out "The Hub" some bonus/deleted scenes that were in the first draft of the book but that I removed to increase the pace of the story. I think the scenes are fun and they help fill in some details of events that otherwise happen offscreen, but they're not critical to your enjoyment of Rally Point. These scenes are free, and are only available to readers of this newsletter. If you decide to read them, please be sure to read the introduction first.

"The Hub" Bonus Scenes From Rally Point

I'm still working on the novella that I'd like to finish before getting back to work on Mechhaven Book 5. I expect the writing of the novella will take another couple of weeks. It will take a few weeks to edit it, but then I hope to release it toward the end of October.

Once the novella is released, I'll dive headlong back into Book 5. As it is, ideas are percolating in the back of my mind, so I should have a flood of inspiration by the time I sit down to continue the story.

Featured Authors

This week's featured authors are Chris Turner and C.L. Hart.

Star Wanderer

Chris Turner

Young rocker Jet Rusco struggles to stay out of the clutches of alien slavers on the frontier mining world of Halroon.

Even his street skills aren’t enough to protect him from the barbaric Skurgs and the deviant Prime Ascendant of the Moon Temple.

Relentlessly stalked by his enemies after failing to hand over a precious alien artifact, he joins forces with a seductive spy and old freedom-fighter friends from the past to take up a path as a mercenary...to protect one of the wonders of the universe—the fabulous Aqua Rex.

But are the architects of the new age to be trusted?

Featured Promotions

I have one newpromotion for you this week. The others are from the last newsletter that are still going on through the end of September. Please take a look and support these authors if you see anything you like!