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Nuclear forensics scientists talk about their work

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...

My Friends Talked Me Into a Launch Party

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...

The Book has Launched

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...

Two last decisions

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...

Almost Ready to Publish

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...

Publishing Date

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...