I ran into a snarl with Splintegrate regarding the timing of some events. In sorting this out it became clear that I needed to work out more details about the cloning process used in the Sa’adani Empire, which is referenced in the novel. I [Continue]

My multi-cast plotlines make it difficult to see underlying story dynamics. After plot doctoring, I re-defined the essential story questions in Splintegrate, and now have the right ending in place for the book. [Continue]

Author Deborah Teramis Christian announces planned site revisions, updates on work in progress, and her short story Live Fire accepted into the No Man's Land military science fiction anthology. [Continue]

Incidental people, events, and settings seem exceptionally alive to me in Splintegrate. They demand to be explored, perhaps in short stories or an anthology of shorts. This post looks at some of the vignettes that niggle and suggest intriguing story [Continue]

As I'm working on Splintegrate, the world of Lyndir is very present in my mind. Lyndir is mentioned in my book Mainline and is the frenetic hub of culture and business in this sector. Writing about this region brings up some interesting questions [Continue]

 Been kind of filling in the foundation here so this platform can leap through many hoops in the coming weeks and months.  A big Thank You to the marvelously talented Ed Beard, Jr., for permission to use his fantastic dragon artwork (his are the [Continue]

In my breaks between writing stints, I’ve started migrating some of my Sa’adani Empire content online. That’s the larger cultural backdrop behind my books Mainline and Splintegrate; it is also a role-playing game setting. Later in 2009 [Continue]

My current work in progress, Splintegrate, is due to be delivered to my editor at Tor Books at the end of January. !!!!  This is the first new book from me in a long time.  It is not exactly a sequel to Mainline, but takes place in that setting [Continue]