About giving away free books…

I have a policy of giving away free e-books and .pdfs to readers in need. Whenever I announce this policy to remind existing readers or spread the word to new ones, I get well-intentioned emails and notes asking me to stop doing this! They make good points, usually centered around the concepts that (1) booksContinueContinue reading “About giving away free books…”

When Hope met Mike (Hope Blackwell #2)

I haven’t posted anything here lately, but that doesn’t mean I’m not working. The current large prose project is the sequel to Greek Key. It’s less research-oriented than the Rachel books, but writing a book from the perspective of a character with severe ADHD is challenging. Most prose flows from thought to thought, but Hope’sContinueContinue reading “When Hope met Mike (Hope Blackwell #2)”

It’ll be a difficult Thanksgiving, but I love you, so…

Hey, you look great. And that turkey! Fresh bread, too? You’ve outdone yourself this year. I brought pie. It’s from Costco, but they make darned good pies. I also brought some stuff for you to read. I know you don’t want to–I know we’re all sick to death of politics–but it’s important to me. (LetContinueContinue reading “It’ll be a difficult Thanksgiving, but I love you, so…”

Rachel Peng book sale!

BRUTE FORCE is coming soon. This is the fourth book in the Rachel Peng series. Rachel–Penguin to her friends–is the first cyborg liaison to the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. She and her partner, Raul Santino, solve crimes. Complex, twisty crimes that usually involve Rachel’s cyborg collective, the members of the Office of Adaptive andContinueContinue reading “Rachel Peng book sale!”

BRUTE FORCE – on dreams and dreaming

Here’s a small spoiler-free section from BRUTE FORCE, the next Rachel Peng novel. I’m brushing up these pages today and thought you might like a look at this, and some of the research that informed it. Her dreams had never been anything close to vivid, not until she and Santino had fished a piece ofContinueContinue reading “BRUTE FORCE – on dreams and dreaming”