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 04
1637 No Peace Beyond The Line - Snippet 04 Chapter 3 East of Dominica Admiral Maarten Tromp lowered the spyglass, which he still preferred to the binoculars being made in Amsterdam. "The leading galleons are within two nautical miles." He leaned toward the runner....
Heart Of The World – Snippet 02
Heart Of The World - Snippet 02 Rikart climbed over the stern, took the scull, and pushed them out into the flow of the canal. Other boats rowed past them, pulling hard. Rikart held his boat in near the bank, where the rip would be less, and nudged them out through...
Marked Territory – Snippet 02
Marked Territory - Snippet 02 She had guts, there was no denying that. More so than most mice I'd come across in my time. The situation she was in was bad enough, but to trek halfway across the borough looking for help took a double share of spine. Still, a shakedown...
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 02
Serpent Daughter - Snippet 02 "Kanawha is lost. What makes you think you can find it?" Chapter One A week's journey from Montreal, with the valleys of Quebec behind them and surrounded by rocky, snowcapped peaks, the giant Chu-Roto-Sha-Meshu, son of Shoru-Me-Rasha,...