• Welcome back, y’all!

    It’s gonna be a great episode of The Americans this week. It’s short, but you’ll love it! Why is it short? Because at the end there is an internet radio interview I did a few weeks back that has me reading the beginning of my new YA novel, Little Dead Man. I think you’ll like what you hear.

    Also, I am pimpin’ Scott Sigler’s pre-order of his latest book in his GFL series, THE ALL-PRO. This is the third book that takes place in the Galactic Football League. Think of it as Star Wars meets The Blind Side meets The Godfather. Totally kick ass stuff! AND if you pre-order using the code MECH then you get $3 off! Hurry now because these are going fast. Don’t have the first two books in the series? Well, there may be some left, but I ain’t makin’ no promises! Get your butt over to http://scottsigler.com/gfl to pre-order now and use the code MECH for a $3 discount!

    Well, enough of my jibber jabber, let’s get on with the show!

    Enjoy!

    The Americans Episode 7

    Show Notes:

    All music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

    Promos:

    Scott Sigler www.scottsigler.com

  • Happy Friday, folks!

    Our regularly scheduled Friday Night Drabble Party will not air tonight so I can bring you this Special Presentation. Friday Night Drabble Party will return next week in its regular time.

    (Anybody else picturing the CBS graphic they used to use way back when? Just me? Oh, well…)

    So, the reason I have a Special Presentation is because on the drive in to drop the kids at school, my son showed me his essay on science. He said his teacher liked the class’s essays so much she had them type them up so they could be displayed and shown to the rest of the school.

    I didn’t get a chance to read the essay until I was walking into work and I have to say I was tickled pink by it! It was the third sentence that got me. I was so taken by it that I decided to post it here on my site.

    Some of you reading this have kids and will know where I’m coming from. Some of you don’t have kids and will think I’m just being silly. I’m not. Trust me. I see the spark that is here in this essay and also the budding voice. I even see similarities in the writing style and my own which is PRETTY FREAKING COOL!

    So kick back, relax and have a beer because it’s time for SCIENCE!

    Cheers!

    The Nature Of Science

    Disclaimer: For those of you that insist on perfection, please understand that my son is in sixth grade. Just read it for what it is and please remember that this is my son. I’ll rip you a new one if you get all nerdy on this. Seriously. I don’t write horror and violent scifi because I’m a meek dork that wears kitten sweaters. Nope, I’m a bad-ass dork that wears sweaters made from kittens! And I’m not above hunting down petty, snark heads and making sweaters from them either. You have been warned.

    (How’d you like the over protective dad shtick? Convincing? It should be… *narrows eyes in warning glare*)

    Oh, chill people. I’m just playing around. …Or am I?

    Okay, I’m done with the uber-disclaimer. Have a great Friday!

  • Hey Folks!

    Today is dedicated to New York Times Bestselling Author Scott Sigler’s pre-order launch of the third book in his Galactic Football League series, The All-Pro! This is a Limited Edition hardcover printing, so you need to hurry now!

    Why am I pushing this for Scott? Because he has done me solid since I started podcasting and writing and the man deserves all the help I can give him! Many of you wouldn’t know I’m here without Scott helping to put me on the map!

    So check out the info below about The All-Pro and be sure and pre-order that bad boy right away! Oh, and since I know things are tight right now, be sure and use the discount code MECH when you order. This will get you $3 off on the hardcover! Always nice to save you a little bit o’ scratch.

    Sales start at 9am pacific US and Noon eastern US. Go to scottsigler.com/gfl to order and use the code MECH for the $3 discount!

    What is The All-Pro?

    THE ALL-PRO is the third book in the Galactic Football League series, following on THE ROOKIE and THE STARTER. Seven centuries into the future, aliens and humans compete for the greatest prize in the universe: the Galaxy Bowl trophy. Quarterback Quentin Barnes enters his third season at the helm of the Ionath Krakens. He’s re-shaped the team in his image, and the time for excuses is over — it’s win, or be replaced. Quentin’s championship quest carries he and his teammates across the galaxy in a brutal twelve-game season fraught with injury and death. But he faces more than just on-field challenges. As he enters a free-agent year, several franchises vie for his services. Will he play for a new team, or will he remain with his beloved Krakens. And then there’s the slight distraction that someone, somewhere, is trying to assassinate him – and he doesn’t know why.

    Think of this series as “STAR WARS” meets “THE BLIND SIDE” meets “THE GODFATHER.” It is an outstanding series and I highly recommend it. Like scifi? You’ll love it! Like underworld mob crime? You’ll love it! Like football? You’ll love it!

    Head over to scottsigler.com/gfl right now and enter MECH to order your copy of the Limited Edition hardcover of The All-Pro, The Starter and The Rookie!

  • Howdy, Folks!

    Glad you could make it for another episode of The Americans!

    Sorry I couldn’t release one last week, but the tech was down.

    Be sure and listen to the promos at the end of the episode. Gotta support the folks that have supported me!

    Let’s get right into this week’s episode. I know you don’t want to read my ramblin’ words.

    Enjoy!

    The Americans Episode 6

    Show Notes:

    All music by Kevin MacLeod at www.incompetech.com

    Promos:

    John Mierau www.johnmierau.com

    The Drabblecast www.drabblecast.org

  • I would like to welcome you back to Friday Night Drabble Party! And since I do what I like, “Welcome back to Friday Night Drabble Party!”

    Boy, that was a complicated intro. Phew…

    So…how’s everyone doing tonight? Have a good week? A bad week? Fair to middlin’?

    Okay, quiet down, I don’t really want to know, I was just being polite. Now I’m being rude, so let’s move on to the fiction, okay?

    I kid!

    Tonight’s drabble, “Man”, is going to be one of the last in the Twister Saga. Hope you’ve been digging it so far.

    Don’t forget to check out all the great long form fiction I have available, especially DEAD MECH. It’s one heck of a novel and only $3.99 on Kindle right now. Hurry and order it this month because the price may be going up in April.

    What? Going up? That’s crazy talk!

    Yes, That’s just how I roll!

    Anywhoo, on to the fiction!

    Enjoy!

    Man

    Disclaimer: Does anyone read this part? Does it matter? Will the world collapse if I don’t put a disclaimer here? So many questions, so little time…