GraySapien: Blog

So here I am, recovering from lunch and listening to CNN, AKA the Opinion Channel.
Along with oft-repeated commercials from companies too cheap to actually pay for new ones.
One such is the insurance company hawking cheap insurance, using a commercial doubtless filmed when TVs meant round screens with lots of snow.
The commercial? 'Remember the three Ps."
Seriously. Followed by an inexpensive 'actress', who dutifully asks 'What are the three Ps?"
With a line like that, I couldn't resist. Seriously, I couldn't, although it took me a few moments to think of three words that start with 'p'.
Piss, first, as in piss on it, but what else?
I came up with procure and panic. Now all I needed was a scenario that will never be filmed. Trust me, never!
Procure? A plant, of course! But that leaves panic, and a reasonable scene to fill a few seconds of air time.
Perfect! Scene, a hotel room with people milling around. (another p, you realize, and I know you're counting!) Free beer, for those who aren't politicking or PowerPointing. (Zounds!)
Peril! Free pints, remember?
Ah! A plant! In fact, rather a large plant that even Superman would love if he was caught short with no place (!!!) to change. And panic, because just as you're about to...but the couple walks by, without pointing at the lurker (you got that one yourself, right?) And...wait for it...they. pass precipitously, leaving our hero the opportunity to...
Piss in the Potted Palm!
(you'll never again watch that annoying commercial with a straight face!)
Don't thank me. Really.
But if you feel like sending money?

I just submitted the manuscript for MARS to Bookapy.
This novel, the fifth in the New Frontiers Series, deals with a number of issues that have cropped up since Mars was settled by humans.
Earth's Solar Union has demanded that the planet form a government as a condition to admittance as a member nation. And if that wasn't enough, there's the issue of the mammalian Flickers, who are forming triads with human prospectors! Earth's religions are NOT happy!
Want more? How about an apocalypse on the way, which the alien Flickers claim is unstoppable?
All this, and more!

I just submitted a revised Chapter 24 of The Ship. For some reason, it showed up as a 'New Chapter', so beware of chapter numbering issues on SOL. The chapters are as the document headings state.

I just submitted BEMs to Bookapy's moderators, and it should be available soon.
This one has it all!
An aging, overworked hero; a neglected wife; aliens, 'good guys' who find humanity fascinating (would you believe on FB?), and bad guys who are a cross between a tiger and a velociraptor!
And the couple's adult children, who must confront the bad aliens because they're on their way to raid the solar system.
Chuck Sneyd, main character in the first three NF books, is off to lead a joint force of humans and extraterrestrial Flickers! Their mission? Board a BEM ship while it's underway, and kill off all opposition.
Guns on spaceships? BAAD idea! Chuck has his samurai swords, his soldiers have a bundle of dirty tricks in their bags!
And if you want to know more, well, you're just going to have to read the book!

I just posted the manuscript for Magic to Bookapy's moderators.
This novel concludes the Wizards Series, and is a minor departure from the other books in the series. For one, it features a new character, a young man who's on the run from his past, and for another, there are two young women who find him fascinating. The sex is minimal, and not graphic.
And there's a say-WHAT? ending that will stretch your brain!