(Yet Another Update, October 9, 2019: Okay, so I decided, because I wasn’t sure if I had any legacy issues from a previous offer still hanging around in the sign up process, I decided to look at the sign up forms I was using. And found out they didn’t exist. The landing page was there. … More What happened to the sign-up page for your email list? (Updated Oct. 9, 2019)
Update 1/6/2021: I’ve started an interim blog at zawaterstone.blogspot.com. Looking forward to seeing you there! *** I haven’t been here much, but now I’m not going to be here at all. I will no longer be updating this blog or site at WordPress.com. I don’t know what I’ll do instead to keep fans updated on … More No more posts and Happy New Year
This year has…been interesting. Kind of overwhelmed my life and made me question a lot of things I had thought were certain. So, in the interest of promoting something inspiring as a counter to this year, I present my review of The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee. A lonely rich girl falls in love … More The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee
Summary “In the far future, after humanity has spread across the stars, the Norse Gods ask a former companion’s help, but Loki may not be ready for another round of Ragnarok. Reluctantly drawn into the battle against the Chinese Pantheon, his connection to chaos might be all that saves the Norse Gods and humanity from … More In the Shadow of Giants by Lazette Gifford
This is just a quick note to say that, for the first time in a very long time, I’m getting back to this series. Yesterday, I worked on the setting and got the main characters set up with their basic arcs. By the end of this month, I hope to finish all the preliminary work … More Dusting off my notes for Echelon #4
Honor’s Flight is the sequel to Star Nomad, first book in the Fallen Empire series. Summary In the last book, Alisa and her ragtag group of crew and passengers had managed to evade the space pirates and even defeat a cyborg. Still trying to get her daughter, she takes the Nomad and the people in … More Honor’s Flight by Lindsay Buroker
Summary Captain Alisa Marchenko only wants to get back to her daughter. She’s lost her husband, lost time fighting for freedom with the Alliance, and was abandoned by them to rot on a backwater planet. Her only hope of seeing her daughter is to take back her mother’s old ship. Unfortunately, getting the ship is … More Star Nomad by Lindsay Buroker
I have a project that’s overdue and needs my attention. I’m not sure how long it’s going to take, but as soon as I can come back to this blog, I will. In the meantime, thank you for reading. I promise I’ll be back soon.
TLDR: Foreigner is a story about connection, loyalty, and the clash between truly alien cultures, focusing on the conspiracy to assassinate the interpreter between humans and aliens. At times slow and difficult to understand, but worth the effort. Highly recommended. The book opens with a spaceship that goes off course and ends up damaged. This … More Foreigner by C.J. Cherryh: a review
I didn’t have a genre in mind when I started writing Echelon. I knew I wanted “space elves” and I knew there would be no magic. I knew I would have some telepathy and intergalactic slavery and that there would be a ship with a very advanced AI that had become the friend of an … More What is space opera?
I have a terrible problem with time. I don’t have enough of it. And yet, I love this series I’m writing under this name and really want to finish it in the next year or two. It would be very easy to say that I should just make a resolution and keep it this time, … More How to Keep Your Resolutions: Focus on Habits, Not Goals
Z. A. Waterstone 