The Skye Van Bloem Trilogy

Progress of Book Two “Holding,” a climate dystopia

Is the trilogy done? Book Two was always meant to be a climate dystopia, but eight years ago when I wrote it, I didn’t know there would be a popular new genre of climate fiction called cli-fi. I’ve been working on the Skye Van Bloem Trilogy for a long time; I conceived the idea almost a decade ago. People often ask if all three books are written, since only the first book Countdown has been…

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Scholarships in memory of experimental test pilot Eric E. Fiore

Congratulations to the 2019 winner of the Eric E. Fiore Memorial Space Camp Scholarship

If you’ve ever purchased a copy of Flight through Fire or donated to “The Challenger Fund” after Eric’s plane crash, then you helped send a kid to Space Camp at the Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, Kansas.     As an experimental test pilot, Eric was one step away from astronaut. He had applied to NASA only a month before the accident, so it seemed fitting to fund a scholarship to send kids to Space Camp. I’m…

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The Climate Crisis

A Climate Fair!

Hi Friends, I’m really excited to be part of a climate fair in October called  “Climate Change of Heart.” The climate crisis is here but being negative and giving up is not going to help. This event will have music, a performance, a slide presentation, and cookies. Don’t pretend you don’t want cookies. Join us! And it goes without saying that this event has nothing to do with my books! The sponsoring group does not…

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