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
Dark Day, Bright Hour – Snippet 14
This book should be available from Ring Of Fire Press so this is the last snippet. Dark Day, Bright Hour - Snippet 14 I hadn't. I probably never would. And I wasn't sure Derek had, either, but demons were champion liars, especially when they lied to themselves. My...
Battle Luna – Snippet 06
Battle Luna - Snippet 06 His hope, between the paintballs and the monofil coils, had been to stop the Uey advance. For the moment, at least, they'd succeeded. The two minesweepers were heading back toward the Dunsland, one of them leading the other by the hand. The...
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 06
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath - Snippet 06 ***** On their half an hour's walk to safety at Khalid's rented safe house, they saw horror aplenty, from gang rapes, to lynchings to apartment building's being burned with their inhabitant...
At The End Of The World – Snippet 05
At The End Of The World - Snippet 05 June 15 I spent a lot of time in the pilot house today, charting a new course. Originally, we were supposed to stop at Valparaiso for fresh water, which would have been pretty tight by the time we got to South Georgia Island. But...