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 18
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 18 "The truly ambitious man raises his fellows." Chapter Four Kinta Jane Embry had become accustomed to riding mastodons. The first few days had been the worst, until she learned to rise and fall with the beast's rhythms rather than be...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 17
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 17 # One of Eggbert Bailey's great keys to what success he had achieved so far in life was that he needed very little sleep. A man who could sleep three hours a night and feel fully rested could drive his men to work hard when they had slept...
Heart Of The World – Snippet 17
Heart Of The World - Snippet 17 The Prince drank it down. "What is it, then? Gilbert, right?" "Gilbert, my lord. I am traveling west, and I wondered if I could keep company with you and your men, the roads being full of bandits here." Bohemund looked him over....
Marked Territory – Snippet 17
This book should be available now, so this is the last snippet. Marked Territory - Snippet 17 "The dachshund was named Frank," I said. "I think the Yorkie was Charlie. We didn't exactly introduce ourselves before getting down to business." "Haven't heard of them,"...