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.
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1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 06
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 06 Next to them stood two women: one was younger, from her stance and attire a servant of some sort, and the other, a woman nearer their age, was looking up defiantly at the main deck of Challenger, arms crossed over her chest,...
At The End Of The World – Snippet 09
At The End Of The World - Snippet 09 August 5 We had following seas and the wind a-stern all the way to South Georgia Island. That was a good, but not great, combo. The wind coming from directly behind meant we had to tack a bit, which, all told, probably cost us an...
1636 The Atlantic Encounter – Snippet 05
1636 The Atlantic Encounter - Snippet 05 Chapter 3 Stephane Hoff lifted his pen, dipped it into the inkwell and poised it over the paper; but before he could even write the customary polite salutation, he leaned his head back on the chair and set it aside with a sigh....
At The End Of The World – Snippet 08
At The End Of The World - Snippet 08 The last crewmember is Lice. Which is short for Alice, but she spends so much time scratching at the dark brown rat's nest on her head that I had almost forgotten her real name. Lice is how she introduced herself, and she seems to...