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
At The End Of The World – Snippet 02
At The End Of The World - Snippet 02 There was a professional angle to this situation, too. She had exactly what his company lacked, and really wanted, in their London office: an American woman with native Spanish fluency to help in their international marketing...
Battle Luna – Snippet 02
Battle Luna - Snippet 02 BATTLE LUNA "Foxhole" by Timothy Zahn "I wonder how many of the people up there hate us." Papillion "Pappy" McLeod -- who disliked his given name so much that even the sarky nickname "Pappy" he'd been saddled with had come as something of a...
Dark Day, Bright Hour – Snippet 10
Dark Day, Bright Hour - Snippet 10 She followed, looming over his cringing form. The glow intensified, a bright golden nimbus in a dark place. True Faith was demons' Achilles heel, and she used it to remarkable effect. "I also don't like when people insult and...
The Shaman of Karres – Snippet 35
The Shaman of Karres - Snippet 35 Once the trolley was piled high with boxes and crates, coils of wire, steel beams of various shapes and sizes, the spacemen chased the little humanoids -- on average half their size -- to leashes on the draw-bar. With the little...