I thought it would be nice for you to hear from some other nuclear forensics scientists in this blog. After several months of negotiating, I managed to interview three scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. I interviewed them individually, and for this...

I wasn't going to have a Launch Party. But some friends insisted, "You've got to have a party and celebrate." So, I spent two weeks preparing for the event. I created a couple of posters, and especially liked the one that summarized the evolution of the Atomic...

Atomic Peril launched a week ago. As this is my debut novel, I'm learning more during this launch phase. One key to early success is to guide your newsletter subscribers on how to buy the book so that it becomes more visible in the extremely crowded Amazon book...

When you upload your book on Amazon, you need to choose the type of cover and color of paper. I like the matte covers on a couple of my books, so I picked matte rather than glossy. Then I had to choose the color of the paper. One expert recommended white, so I choose...

On October 4, 2023, just thirteen days from now, you can begin ordering Atomic Peril on Amazon! Wow, does it feel good, and a bit daunting, to write that sentence. Daunting, because I have a lot to do between now and then. But exciting that I'm so close to hitting the...

Earlier this month, I finished addressing the feedback from my proof editor. He made a lot of minor punctuation changes, but more importantly, he also caught several significant errors. Since this is my final version, I fervently hope he spotted everything.  Then I...

I’ve received feedback from fifteen beta readers at different points in the development of A Dangerous Gamble. The most recent one came from a person with a unique viewpoint. William (Bill) Daitch was the first director of the National Technical Nuclear Forensics...

“Sid, the meeting will take place in the Foreign Secretary’s official residence, within sight of Buckingham Palace.” Those words launched me on a whirlwind trip, forty-eight hours from the time I left my home in California to London and back to my doorstep. First,...

A three-week vacation in Spain this fall brought to mind a foreign business trip twenty-three years ago. Let me explain. The impetus for our vacation was to spend time with the Talley family--our daughter Melinda, husband Matthew, and their three wonderful...

Twenty-seven years after the founding of the Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group, the ITWG returned to the place of its origin to celebrate its first twenty-five years (yes, COVID delayed the celebration by two years). It's been fifteen years since...