Dire Chapters

The Pulpwork Press website has posted the first chapters of Dire Planet, Exiles of the Dire Planet, and Into the Dire Planet. So run on over to Pulpwork and give 'em a read!

It's the Dire Planet Calling

Usually I'm slightly behind the curve when it comes to technology. I tend to wait until the bugs have been worked out and the price comes down. However, there are many fearlessly forging into the new technological frontiers, and one of these has brought to my attention a new application for the iphone and ipod touch.

Stanza is a free application that can be downloaded to your iphone or ipod touch and it allows you to download books (from a selection of over 100,000) and read them on your iphone.

I've been told that readers are downloading the Pulpwork Press books available in electronic format at Fictionwise.com and reading the books on their iphones. Since I have five different titles available at Fictionwise (Dire Planet, Exiles of the Dire Planet, Into the Dire Planet, Escape from Devil's Head, and Devil Take the Hindmost) I think that's pretty amazing.

Tying up the Loose Ends

I do like to leave a few loose story threads hanging in a novel length work, because they give me something to pick up and run with at a later time. Also, if one ties up things too firmly, it all seems a little too neat. A few ragged edges lend some reality.

However, In finishing up this round of editing on the Nuclear Suitcase I find that the ending is a bit abrupt. Sure, I wrap up all the major plotlines in The Nuclear Suitcase, but there are a few niggling details and threads that are lingering in my mind. Some of these will tie up nicely in an epilogue, but inevitably some of these will just create a few more loose threads--fodder for future Gantlet tales, perhaps.

Guess, I'd better get to work on that epilogue.