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 11
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 11 The three Dutch man-of-wars with forty or more guns -- Prins Willem, Amsterdam, and Gelderland -- were actually keeping pace with the smaller, faster hulls, thanks to the three small steam tugs, powered by...
Heart Of The World – Snippet 09
Heart Of The World - Snippet 09 They brought more. She washed down through a crust of dirt, to the sunburnt skin of face and arms, and then -- with a glance at the women watching her -- she peeled off the rags of her dress. Her underthings were gone. She washed her...
Marked Territory – Snippet 09
Marked Territory - Snippet 09 It wasn't empty, either. A scrawny pigeon with ragged feathers perched on the arm of a pew, shifting nervously from foot to foot. A rabbit with matted black fur and red eyes crouched underneath another pew, tensed like he was ready to...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 09
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 09 He had to keep silent, too. That was the game. So, quiet as a butterfly, Ma'iingan ignored the marks on the ground and stalked through the forest. His sons were both healthy. Ayaabe had been healthy from birth, but his son Miigiwewin had...