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I’ll be taking a long range precision rifle class from JP Enterprises this October. We’re going to have a great instructor at a great range. If you’ve got questions, check the link. I’ll be just another student in the class.
I’m really looking forward to this. I’ve gone through a lot of training, but the area of shooting I know the least about is long range precision stuff.
Available now.
There are a bunch of great authors in here. It was fun to play in the Aliens universe. I’ve also got a story coming out for Predator. I get to write for all of the cool things from my childhood.
My story in this one is a little different though. Lots of other writers were already writing Colonial Marines fighting various things, and several were writing about some of the cool Colonial Marine characters we’ve seen before, but really, what is the coolest thing in that whole movie? If you are a gun nut you automatically said the M41 Pulse Rifle.
There are a lot of authors in the world, but I like to think that I’m the best choice to write a future Gun Stories/Tales of the Gun style script for an iconic sci-fi weapon. 😀
(speaking of which, I’m a regular guest on Joe Mantegna’s Gun Stories now. We’re filming Season 7 this month)
This give away is open to people who live outside of the US only.
https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/230721-monster-hunter-vendetta-signed-leatherbound-edition
The reason for this post was that a friend of mine sent me a PM this morning, that they had announced the Hugo nominations, and gave me a link. Being retired from trying to cure Puppy Related Sadness, I only gave the list a brief cursory glance, saw the names of many proper goodthinkers, and counted like a dozen(+) nominations for Tor, so it appears that balance has been restored to their sainted halls of Trufans enjoying themselves in the proper approved manner. I’m sure many wooden buttholes will be sacrificed upon the altar of Social Justice.
So anyways, that was a good reminder that I need to tell everybody that they can still vote in the Dragon Awards.
Wrongfans having wrongfun are still welcome. Vote for what you enjoyed the most*. The Dragon Award is open to everybody. It is free to register, free to nominate, and free to vote. As an added bonus DragonCon won’t treat you with sneering condescension.
And authors, it is okay to campaign for yourself! Spread the word. Get out your fan base. Authors and publishers have always campaigned for awards, they just pretend not to have afterward. DragonCon knows how it actually works, and they want enthusiastic creators to reach out to their enthusiastic fans. It’s okay to be excited.
*Except don’t vote for me. Son of the Black Sword won Best Fantasy last year. I figure once I win an award then it is time to get out of the way and give other people a chance for the fans to show them some love too. Nobody likes some jerk hogging up 50 Hugo noms (Yes, jackass, from the trackbacks I know you read my blog).
My friend Peter Grant won the 2nd Annual Conservative Libertarian Fiction Alliance Award for his novel Brings the Lightning
http://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com/2017/04/and-winner-is.html
I’ve known Peter for a really long time. We were both moderators on the The High Road way back when. He is a great guy and a darned good author. He’s actually the basis for the MHI character Priest.
So big congratulations, Peter!
Peter edged out Grunge in the voting. I won last year for Son of the Black Sword, so asked to be taken off the ballot (Originally my Tom Stranger was one of the finalists too) but I wanted John Ringo to stay on there. (yeah, saying that once you’ve won an award, and wanting to share the love and make room for other people so you’ll decline future noms, gets complicated when it comes to collaborations and you still want to see your co-author get some love) 🙂