Hello!
First, thanks for checking out my new blog. When I first started writing five years ago, I kept up my blog semi-regularly, but as time went by and the number of projects on my desk multiplied, I fell out of the habit. The time between posts grew longer and longer, until eventually, I only posted book releases, and then not even that.
This time, I’m serious about it, and I intend to post very regularly, sharing the status of projects I’m working on, as well as other interesting stuff. I’m sure this has been said a million times, but I mean it (and I’m sure that has been said a million times too!).
So, if you are interested in the books I write, and in news and discussions (and maybe some reviews of things I like), make sure to stop by a couple times a week and catch up. I’ll probably also be giving some stuff away here. I’ve got a bunch of print editions of my books, plus audiobooks codes, ebooks, maps, and other swag, and I’d love to get some of it to my regular readers.
That’s enough for an intro (or re-intro, I guess). More to come, much more…and soon.
Jay
Jay, This post refers to Ruins of Empire, book three in the Blood on the Stars series.
I have a problem understanding how you arrived at the figure of eight or nine teratons for the antimatter container. Earlier Fritz stated that each container held between fifty and one hundred kilograms of antimatter. One hundred kilograms of antimatter will generate a 4.3 gigaton blast when it comes in contact with one hundred kilograms of normal matter. Your statement is on page two of chapter thirty one. When Fritz gave the estimated weight she also gave an estimate for one gram of antimatter. She gave a figure of “more than forty kilotons”. That estimate is correct. Somewhere the estimated weight of the antimatter increased by a factor of two thousand. Have I missed something?
Tom,
Honestly, off the top of my head I don’t know. Two possibilities. One, I just made a hasty math error. Two, I meant to refer to all of the canisters and not just one.
Jay
Any ideas when one might expect “Crucible of Fire” in the Fall 2017?
James, working on crucible right now. Release will be late September.