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Here's the cover of my new novel! Timeslip set in #Oxford about a mysterious house full of family secrets. The House of Pearls is due out 10 July - preorder for Kindle here: https://geni.us/B0GZZY1SWRauthor it'll be out in paperback and audio on publication day.
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Book review of Paddle Warships, by D.K. Brown

This was exactly what I was looking for my research.

I don’t often review nonfiction books because I rarely read them cover to cover. However, this one was rather brief and well worth the read through.

Paddle Warships: The Earliest Steam Powered Fighting Ships 1815-1850 covers that brief period between sailing ships and screw propellers in the Royal Navy. It makes a good coffee table book. It’s full of charts, pictures, diagrams, and clear explanations of the history, designs, and the mechanical workings of these ships in ways a landlubber like me can understand. 

David K. Brown (1928–2008) certainly knew his stuff. He served as a naval architect in the Corps of Naval Constructors. He turned to writing after he retired and left behind great resources for historical novelists like me.

If you want to understand paddle-driven warships of the 19th century, this is the book you’re looking for. 

There is no Kindle version of his book to preview, but you can check it out here.

Get a FREE copy of my novella here:

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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?

[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.

[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]

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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?

[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.

[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]

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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?

[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.

[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]

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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?

[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.

[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#PennedPossibilities 1013 — MC POV: Have you ever lived in another country / place besides where you were born? Would you want to?

[Bolt:] Okay. figured ya didn't mean in the country, a different country area other than where I was born, so I had to look it up, then had to ask someone. A pretty-out there question, this one! Learnt there're a few autonomous regions that get to have different customs, different laws, and different money systems, but there's no other place completely, separately ruled by anyone other than Rainy Days. There's a reason why her title is Director of Home (our world) and the Nine Outer Worlds (because there are nine others, but none like home). Now that I've learnt that "Nine Outer Worlds" actually means nine other places beyond the stars that people live and ya can walk through an Interstellar gateway to go there, I'd like to walk through one of them daemon-worked miracle gateways, to see a sky different from ours, at least once. Since Boss Mead's syndicate doesn't extend beyond Home City, I probably won't be allowed, though.

[Bolt's a bit of a country bumpkin who ended up in the big city against her will. But she's right, there are no nation states, and though Rainy Days delegates much of her authority, that sometimes backfires to the extent that wars break out (like the one she started in Reluctant Moon), she technically rules ten worlds, mostly colonies on Mars-like worlds where people live under domes, and two hollowed out asteroids. The Dragon world is large enough that it has a breathable atmosphere, but it's hellish.—RS]

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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If anyone supports my #writing on #Patreon, a new early-access episode is ready for you.

I'm hoping to schedule the second part of this tonight before I sleep.

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#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?

I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.

My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.

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#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?

I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.

My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?

I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.

My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?

I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.

My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#ScribesAndMakers № 13 ('26 May) Our next featured creator is exploring pixel art. Have you ever worked with pixel art?

I have been using computers since there were personal computers or personal screens with pixels. My friend was cutting edge because they bought an IMSAI kit (look it up) with 256 bytes of serial RAM. You read that right, 256. It had no display. It had lights above dip switches. You put an AM radio near it and tuned in the music the running machine programmatically made. NO PIXELS. I did have a Balley game console. It was all 16-bit pixels, none of which I could make art with.

My Apple ][ Plus years later had pixel games. I don't think I used it for art. Later, my original Fat Mac came with Quick Draw and Mac Paint, which allowed me to draw things with the mouse. The sketches I've found with notes for very early story files are really bad. Personally, I prefer oil pastels for art and pencil for sketching, and I'm not calling that big A art, either. I'm not much of an artist; I haven't done pixel are except to create icons for programs. I do work with my iPad acting as a tablet when working with photos in Photoshop. Photography is my art.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?

Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.

Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.

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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?

Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.

Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?

Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.

Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?

Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.

Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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#WordWeavers 2026.05.13 — What role does non-romantic love play in your story?

Like yesterday's response, today's is a high level meta answer; specifics would delve into plot. Whilst these responses sound all very planned out, plotted, Machiavellian even, I'm a simple pantser. Character discovery drives the story. Here I'm analyzing the total affect on my stories.

Non-romantic love? An interesting distinction: Basically a love were sex has nothing to do with it? My Reluctance Series stories go out of their way to remove sex as an important factor in love—unless the characters choose otherwise!— meaning all love in the story is essentially the non-romantic sort. Sex? Well humans need to eat and sleep, too? Right? Most characters are very fond of, or go out of the way to be with, others. Many feel connected. They enjoy levels of intimacy with many people, this in a way that our society works hard to make us (i.e., the reader) feel uncomfortably close, or to cause us to worry about upsetting our primary partner, or to worry that friends, family, or co-workers might call us out, embarrass us or ostracize. We live in an hierarchal society strictly structured to provide power to a select few, with set gender roles that control women's freedom and restrict men and force them to act cruel; reluctance series stories poke furiously (though subtly) at that to make the reader reluctantly think, to make them change their context such that they can view the world and themselves differently. The role that non-romantic love plays is to propose that friendship should always be primary in any relationship and, if friendship is neglected, such relationships are destined to fail or, at best, be transient.

[Author retains copyright (c)2026 R.S.]

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Well, it's happening.

I just signed up for my first ever author event! 🥳

I have 7 weeks to prepare an aesthetically-pleasing display, order books, and possibly acquire a tent (it's rain or shine).

Authors who've done something like this, I have questions.

– How many books should I have on hand?
– What kind of swag, if any, is appropriate?
– Should I order a banner or blanket for the tabletop?

Any insight is appreciated. Thank you! 🙏

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#WritersCoffeeClub #WCC 2026.05.13 — Follow-up: if writing was not your "thing," what would your "thing" be?

Photography. Have a picture. Notice the horse's eye? Taken at the Elverhøj Museum, Solvang. California.

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Photography. Have a picture. Notice the horse's eye? Taken at the Elverhøj Museum, Solvang. California.

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Photography. Have a picture. Notice the horse's eye? Taken at the Elverhøj Museum, Solvang. California.

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