That’s right, Junior Insurance Professionals, today is TOM STRANGER DAY.

The audiobook of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent, narrated by Adam Baldwin, is available NOW for FREE.

http://www.audible.com/pd/Sci-Fi-Fantasy/Free-The-Adventures-of-Tom-Stranger-Interdimensional-Insurance-Agent-Audiobook/B01D0FJOAI/ref=a_search_c4_1_1_srTtl?qid=1464099874&sr=1-1

Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or Nazi dinosaurs from the future?

Don’t let this happen to you!

Rifts happen, so you should be ready when universes collide. A policy with Stranger & Stranger can cover all of your interdimensional insurance needs. Rated “Number One in Customer Satisfaction” for three years running, no claim is too big or too weird for Tom Stranger to handle.

But now Tom faces his greatest challenge yet. Despite being assigned the wrong – and woefully inadequate – intern, Tom must still provide quality customer service to multiple alternate Earths, all while battling tentacle monsters, legions of the damned, an evil call center in Nebraska, and his archnemesis, Jeff Conundrum. Armed with his Combat Wombat and a sense of fair play, can Tom survive? And will Jimmy the Intern ever discover his inner insurance agent?

It’s time to kick ass and adjust claims.

Adam Baldwin (Firefly, Chuck) performs Larry Correia’s madcap interdimensional tale of underwriting and space travel, where the only thing scarier than tentacle monsters is a high deductible.

The Adventures of Tom Stranger is free until June 21, 2016.

©2016 Larry Correia (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

Many of my regular readers here and on Facebook know Chris Byrne.

Please read this  http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2016/05/god-this-sucks.html

A while ago Chris got cancer, fought it, beat it, and then went several years cancer free. He got to live a whole bunch of life he didn’t expect to get. But unfortunately years later it came back, and now he is going through treatment again. Chris is a fighter, but it has been a huge financial and morale drain on his family.

I’ve known Chris for a long time. He’s one of my favorite people to debate with, both when we’re on the same side, or when we disagree, either way the dude is sharp as a tack. To give you an idea of what kind of person Chris is, many years ago when Mike and I were writing Dead Six, Mike was on active duty and his laptop died. He was deployed, broke, and couldn’t write. Having been Air Force himself, being a computer geek, and knowing how broke Mike was at the time, Chris organized a bunch of his friends, they built a laptop and shipped it to Mike, all to help out another vet.

So this is the kind of guy, who when in a position to help somebody, gladly does so. But right now he could use a hand. So please check out that link. There is a Go Fund Me and Paypal there if you want to kick something in for the Byrnes.

The Monster Hunter Memoirs: Grunge eARC is available now at Baen.com
http://www.baen.com/monster-hunter-memoirs-grunge-earc.html
For those of you unfamiliar with Baen’s Electronic Advanced Reader Copies, basically this is the early version that would normally be sent out to reviewers. So you can get the book several months early, but because it is an early version not all of the editing is finished. In this case, I believe the only things that will be changing to the final version is the line copy edits for typos and such. eARCs cost more than the regular eBook, but you are basically paying to get it several months early for the readers who don’t want to wait.
Now, if you’re not familiar with these Monster Hunter books, the short version is this is a prequel to my regular MHI series set in the 1980s. John Ringo wrote these set in my MH universe, and then I edited them for continuity and such.
The longer version is that Ringo read the MHI series, was inspired, got on a feverish writing kick as he is known to do, and cranked out these stories. I didn’t know about these until the first two were done. But when one of the most successful sci-fi authors alive wants to play in your universe, you say yes. I went through the first one, enjoyed it, but sent it back with a couple hundred comments, mostly related to the world building, the history, and stuff that I had planned (none of which Ringo could have known about). So at that point they turned into a collaboration. 🙂
I know there has been some concern, and I keep getting worried blog and FB comments, thinking that the regular MH series is over for some reason. No. Not at all. There are several more solo novels planned. Yes, I am still writing the regular Monster Hunter series. Book six of the regular series should be out next year, and is back to Owen’s perspective, written by me. The Ringo novels are a spin off series that take place years before the main timeline. Yes, there are other collaborations in the works, notably with Sarah Hoyt doing a Julie book, and the anthology with twenty different authors in it. No, these are not replacing the regular series, which I will continue to write until it is finished. And that finish is still several books away.

Busy week, so I’ll keep this one brief.

I’m still playing catch up. This is what happens when I take a vacation. 🙂

In not writing, but related news, scroll down to the last couple blog posts if you missed them. We have a Book Bomb this week. Also you can vote for Son of the Black Sword as one of the best fantasy novels of the year.

Last week I was doing continuity edits for other author’s stories in the MHI anthology that is coming out next year. Now they go on to Bryan Thomas Schmidt for the final edits. There are so many talented authors in this, and the stories are all over the board in terms of topic and characters. It is really cool.

Before that I wrote a Bubba Shackleford MHI in 1897 story, but that is for a different Baen anthology that I can’t talk about yet I don’t think. I did post up this little teaser on the MHI fan page on Facebook.

“I’ve done men’s work before. I used to work for Buffalo Bill Cody. Mr. Cody said if a woman could do the same work as a man, no reason she couldn’t, and get paid for it too.”
“Buffalo Bill? Wait…Hannah Stone. I’ve heard of you!” Abrams clapped his hands with glee. “We’re in the presence of a celebrity, boss. Annie Oakley taught her to shoot.”
“Mr. Cody made that up for the show. I already knew how to shoot when I got there and I was a much better shot than her.” It was obvious Hannah was not fond of her supposed mentor. “But she was more famous and popular because she was better at the talking part… and show business… And generally liking people.”
Well, she certainly wasn’t a cup of sunshine. Bubba remembered her story now. It had been in the papers all over the place.
“Way I heard it told is you got fired from Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show because there was an accident and your partner got hurt.”
Hannah thought about how to phrase her response for a long moment. “The events which occurred could be described in such a manner.”
“You were supposed to quick draw, shoot from the hip, and knock a cigarette from out of this fella’s mouth at ten paces.”
“Twenty. The crowd always loved that trick. We did it plenty of times. Last show there was some… extenuating complications.”
“That’s some mighty big words to say you blew his lips off.”
“Well, in my defense, Mr. Shackleford, Bob was being awful shaky that day. I’d warned him not to skip breakfast.”

Starting today I’m doing the final edits of Alliance of Shadows. Mike is done with his half, and now I get to do one last clean up pass. (and write my last chapter!) This book is awesome, and I think it is a fitting end to the Valentine and Lorenzo story.

The Tom Stranger audio book comes out next week. And remember, if you order it now, it is FREE. Now if you are like me and you think the only thing better than free is something featuring a time travelling space manatee, then you are in luck. Oh, and it stars this actor guy who was in Firefly, Chuck, and the Last Ship, if you are into that sort of thing. (okay, seriously, Adam kills it)

In personal news, my oldest has just got her learner’s permit, so I’ve been a driver’s ed instructor every night. (a glimpse into my driving instruction, actual quote from me: “Oh, hey, look at that adorable fluffy puppy on the cornerDON’T LOOK AT THE FLUFFY PUPPY EYES ON THE ROAD!) On the bright side, she’s learning quickly, and we’re still alive. On the downside, having a kid turn 16 makes you feel super old.