April seems to make a habit of rescues. Now two lieutenants from the recent war appeal to her for help to reach Home. The secret they hold makes their escape doubtful. Her family and business associates all think that is …

I ended up giving away over 5,000 copies of “Paper or Plastic?”

I also saw somebody returned a copy of “April” for refund. That’s the first that is ever happened. Upon investigating I found I had edited a typo somebody …

I’ve finished the sequel to “April”. It will be titled “Down to Earth” per beta reader Xander Opal. It has to have a little editing and it will go up as my fifth Kindle book.

The third book in the …

Paper or Plastic? was not the first book I wrote, but it was the first I published to Kindle.

It started because of a discussion in the AIM baenbarchat room on channel 5. It was remarked science fiction has exotic …

I’m well along on my sequel to April. I have not named it yet and no, May will not do. It has some necessary lead in material that any sequel needs to catch the reader up to date. It may …

I’m tempted to write an action book similar to David Drake’s work or John Ringo’s Kildar series. The main character is a bit larger than life and the action fast and rough. The language is coarser without going totally nasty, …

We visited friends in Ohio who have a hard time visiting us because of their health. I spent a couple days with no writing time, but very rewarding for giving me a different perspective than what surrounds me here in …

I’m happy to report that I moved over a hundred copies of “Common Ground and Other Stories” this weekend. My report doesn’t break down which were free and which paid, but most were free. I was informed you had to …

On Amazon/Kindle. I’m off B&N Nook at least temporarily while I try Amazon’s lending program to Prime. Click image for link or http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0077EOE2C

April is actually the first book I wrote although I published others first. I tried publishing April …

My new collection of short seven short stories. “Common Ground and Other Stories”.

Sat. and Sun. Pacific time at   http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0050YYVHY

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“Eddie“

By

Mackey Chandler

            I remember the first time I saw Eddie. We didn’t really meet. I was in the cafeteria trying to eat breakfast and there was the usual parade of people with problems, or petitions, or …

Breakfast of Champions

By

Mackey Chandler

                Secretary of State for the United Americas the honorable Lewis Poule examined the urgent  message printout with distaste. The third alien race known to Humanity in Survey System 8423, three hundred odd light years …

A Mother’s Son

By

Mackey Chandler

            Theodore looked out the narrow port of the ballistic express and watched the glare of the sun disappear behind the curve of the earth. He’d be on the ground six hours before it managed …

Ball and Chain

Mackey Chandler

            “It’s this damn Slump,” Tim Kirkland grumped. “There’s no market for even Earth mined materials, how can Luna possibly develop an economy without exports? If it wasn’t for defense they’d have probably pulled back …

This is from late in April past where I will snippet chapters. It deals with Home making war on North America. I hope I get the epic disaster flavor right-

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Martin Crain was seven hours into his work day. …

Our heroine finally shows up:

Chapter 3

            Monday morning, nine o’clock was three hours into main-shift on Mitsubishi 3. April Lewis was listening to the Earth news for October 4, 2083 while she walked to the cafeteria to meet her …

This is still story intro. April is introduced in the next chapter.

Chapter 2

            At the other end of M3 another agent of the USNA had also experienced some difficulty. He was in fact, one of the spooks Art had …

Building on Prologue posted last – book is done at 200k words. A big fat book.

Chapter 1

            Art checked the time again. It was 09:27, Sunday, Oct 3, 2083. He was finally past the three day hold he’d been …