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
Two Cases For The Czar – Snippet 04
Two Cases For The Czar - Snippet 04 There was something off in that, but--even for Miroslava--identifying the precise meaning of facial expressions or nonverbal communications in general was a hit or miss proposition, affected by circumstance and the abilities of the...
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 07
Domesticating Dragons - Snippet 07 "Oh." Shenzhen was home to China's government-sponsored research laboratories. These were basically the genetic engineering version of sweatshops. The government recruited the best and brightest right out of high school, and worked...
WarSpell Space Race – Snippet 04
WarSpell Space Race - Snippet 04 Chapter 2--The Pacing Lap Location: Home of A. Dujarié, San Francisco, California Time: 3:27 PM, January 5 Honey Abrams stifled a grin when she answered the door. These guys were classic geeks, at least before the Merge. The first guy...
The Macedonian Hazard – Snippet 08
The Macedonian Hazard - Snippet 08 "I'm sorry, General Eumenes, but the Queen of the Sea can't involve itself in the internal politics of the United Satrapies and States of the Empire. Quite aside from logistical concerns, which are real and serious, we have to...