About the Snippets
Snippets are excerpts from books which have not yet been published. I started posting snippets on Baen’s Bar back in 1999 and have maintained the practice ever since. Some years ago, when I first launched this web site, I carried over the snippets and post them here. They’re also still posted on Baen’s Bar, if you prefer that venue. (Go to www,baen.com, select “Baen Community,” and then select “Baen’s Bar” from the drop-down menu.)
All of the snippets are posted in my conference, titled “Mother of Demons.” They can sometimes also be found in other conferences, depending on the title.
The snippets begin with the start of a book and typically go through half the novel before breaking off when the book is published. In addition to posting snippets from my own novels, I also post (with their permission) snippets from books written by many other authors.
We post snippets every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Most Recent
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 38
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 38 Was he prepared to make his leap? "Mr. Franklin," he called. Temple Franklin groaned as he levered himself down from the top of a prison wagon. He gripped iron-bar handles set into the sides of the vehicle, and hissed at a prisoner who...
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 39
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 39 "So our choice was between standing around while the knowledge from Grantville's library drives a radically new history, or to have a hand in shaping it. And these islands are among the places where those changes will come...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 37
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 37 "I'll tell you who can," Roland said. "The man -- or woman -- who takes that rod and this one and uses them at the crosses of the earth to try to still tremors." Ordres laughed. "When you say 'uses them,'" Sarah probed, "do you have any...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 36
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 36 "Whole thing's jest gone to stupid." Chapter Eight Two men joined Sarah in the sanctum. One had long dark hair and mustache and wore a stylish German hat; the other was darker skinned, maybe an Indian, and wore a crown of flowers. She...