It would be near impossible. Also, anything that is operated via computers can also be operated manually, given enough manpower and time. Just not an ...

Many different computers, and many different networks. All of them joined together but not necessarily dependent on one another. For example, the nav...

A few years. The exact number has yet to be determined. For now, I'd say less than 10 and more than 1. 😉

I should say yes, but the fact is I just pulled the number out of a hat.

3 days

Exactly! The human brain is so good at seeing what should be there instead of exactly what is there. I've worked with wonderful proofreaders and edito...

Actually, yes. But it probably won't happen until late 2016. I'm having all of the episodes reproofed for the errors that still slipped through, and I...

Four Islands: That was 360 spherical, with additional layers along logical ingress routes as well as likely staging points. FYI: We yanked the Russia...

Actually, it's not like that at all. When I started writing part 1, I was under the financial gun, so to speak. This put me in the position of having ...

Just as a point of fact, my science guy and I sat down and figured out how many FTL motion detectors you would need, and how they would have to be pla...

Exactly! Sewer Rats! And what's the best way to get rats to leave the sewer? A flood. (Or in Sci Fi, glassing the planet.) That's where I got the ide...

Preorders are a bad idea for a number of reasons. First, they rob ranking from your day of release by spreading them out over time. This results in lo...

I appreciate the thought, but... dampen 1. make slightly wet. 2. make less strong or intense.

The issue for me has never been about how long it takes to write the book. To me, that is the easy part. Timelining, outlining, tweaking everything to...

So, here's the scoop: When I started trying to outline #14, I didn't know where to go in order to get the story to where I needed it to be for #15. I...

What's missing from Four Islands excellent explanation, and what I think is confusing Kirel Redhand is the fact that the name "jump drive" implies a p...

In final proof. Most likely next week. Also bustin hump trying to get 14 out in late August, but no promises on that one yet.

Heck, I don't mind. It's the silliest thing I've ever seen, since they only seem to be selectively complaining about Amazon, and none of the other's t...

Had to put the Aurora's internals on hold while we catch up on modeling all the other ships. Also had to put more money into putting together an infra...

@EagleOne55: I don't think that would matter. Many people do the same, only turning on their wireless to sync up. The kindle keeps stats on your reads...

@FourIslands: I'm not really sure how I develop characters. There's no formula that I use, that's for sure. Although, every primary or secondary chara...

Nope. It's going to be a long episode, as will #15. Currently, it's looking more like August.

You also have to remember that Amazon will continue to prop up the monthly pot by whatever amount it needs to keep KU alive in the form that they feel...

I'll gladly take the hit. I feel incredibly guilty that people have to wait months for the audio version.

Exactly how well it will work remains to be seen. However, I see this as a positive. Amazon wants Kindle Unlimited to not only succeed, but to domina...

Assuming for a moment that you could apply deltaV to a planet using an array of jump satellites, it might be easier to just jump it from it's current ...

I know this sounds like bait, but the truth is that everything I write that has the Frontiers Saga logo on it, connects... somehow. It may be obvious,...

Actually, Eric, I totally get that. It was one of the reasons that I almost didn't write it. Learning how the BD plague did so much damage isn't inter...

Actually, the Aurora has done that numerous times. They have been traveling a straight line for most of their jumps. It was only in the very beginning...

Netcasts will be released monthly, with the final installment being released the month before episode 1 of part 2 of the Saga.