Mowed the lawn tonight. The length was right, and it’ll probably rain tonight and tomorrow.

One thing about mowing lawn—it makes me feel really smart. Whatever my other failures and shortcomings, I am undoubtedly a real estate genius.

When I bought this house, the lot was small. I remember describing it to people as, “Tiny. I’m thinking of getting a push lawnmower.”

But the longer I mow the thing, the larger my property gets.



Our promotional people have a couple internet radio interviews set up for me. On the evening of Thursday, June 25, I’m scheduled to be interviewed by David K. Ewen at Blogtalk Radio.

And on the morning of Tuesday, June 30, I’ll be interviewed by Stacy Harp at Active Christian Media.

I don’t believe it’s necessary to tune in to hear either one live. In fact, I’m not sure they’ll be broadcast live. Both can be accessed at your convenience after they’re recorded.

West Oversea is now searchable at Amazon.com (although it’s still cheaper to order it directly through my publisher).

It’s gratifying—and a little alarming—to see the book generating what they call “buzz” (as you’ve noticed if you’ve been following my posts lately). The strangest thing is that I’m getting high praise from a number of people whose opinions are impossible to dismiss. One or two endorsements from people I admire could be written off as charity, or the result of a traumatic head injury. But when they start adding up, the result is serious cognitive dissonance.

Update & correction: Apparently the David Ewen interview is now uncertain. It may happen as scheduled, or it may happen at a different date. I’ll keep you posted.

I reviewed Prof. Torgrim Titlestad’s Viking Norway, last fall. I also reported that, as an imported book, it was extremely expensive to order.

I’m happy to report that they’re now offering the book on eBay, with the opening bid at $40.00. Not a bad price for a book of this size and quality.

And if bidding displeases you, they say they’ll soon be selling it at their website.

The book is here.

My publisher tells me my new book is en route, and I should have my copies tomorrow.

I can’t seem to do a direct link, but if you go to my author’s site, and scroll down to “Latest Additions and Updates,” you can download a .pdf of the map that will appear at the beginning of West Oversea.

I should probably be more embarrassed than I am to realize that all my books from Baen have been available as e-books from the git-go, and remain available here.

You have to pay for The Year of the Warrior and Blood and Judgment. Wolf Time you can get free.

Phil, can we make this a permanent link over on the right?



(Thanks to Ori Pomerantz for bringing this to my attention.)

According to my editor, West Oversea has gone to press.

Here’s a Goodreads discussion site for West Oversea.

Thanks to Dale Nelson for bringing to it my attention.