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
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 32
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 32 Hugh shook his head. "But I cannot stand to gain by that blood, either, Hyarima. How may I invite my people to live in this place, knowing the houses in which they dwell, the fields in which they work, were made ready for...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 29
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 29 # In a grove of trees on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Nathaniel settled into a cross-legged sitting position and pulled his drum into his lap. Margaret gripped a low-hanging dead limb of one of the elm trees and yanked it off. With...
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 31
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 31 Chapter 17 Just outside San José de Oruña, Trinidad "I am O'Donnell," replied Hugh, "and I do speak Spanish, as does my second-in-command, Aodh O'Rourke. We thank you for honoring us with an invitation to speak to you...
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line – Snippet 30
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 30 Again, O'Rourke nodded. "Aye, you've the right of all that." His voice became dark and regretful. "But those past days of Ireland are not these days. And kings now must tread a different, more careful, path. In those elder...