Hey, y’all! 😄 One of our favorite podcasts invited us back to chat Freelancers of Neptune, so go check out the latest episode of Blasters and Blades!
YouTube is linked above, but you can also watch/hear it on Rumble, BitChute, and Spotify.
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Gordian Division Audiobooks 3-6 are up for Pre-Order!
Hey, y’all! 😄 H.P. here!
And guess what? THEY’RE FINALLY HAPPENING! 😃
If you’re one of those readers who’ve been emailing us asking where the rest of the Gordian Division audiobooks are, you’re in for an awesome winter, because all of them are dropping within the next four months!
Recorded Books returns with narrator Gabriel Vaughan to continue where the previous audiobooks left off, kicking off October with the launch of The Janus File (the same day as Freelancers of Neptune, in fact 😁)!
All four books are currently up for pre-order on Audible, so if you’ve been eagerly awaiting the audio continuation of the Gordian Division, hop on over and check ’em out now!
The Janus File (Gordian Division #3)
Release Date: October 1, 2024
The Weltall File (Gordian Division #4)
Release Date: November 12, 2024
The Dyson File (Gordian Division #5)
Release Date: November 5, 2024
The Thermopylae Protocol (Gordian Division #6)
Release Date: January 7, 2025
Pre-Order Signed (Bookplate) Copies of Freelancers of Neptune from Uncle Hugo’s!
Hey, y’all! 😁 H.P. here!
I’m about to ship A BUNCH of signed bookplates and super shiny pre-order swag to Uncle Hugo’s Science Fiction Bookstore – which is to say, if you like signed books and shiny bookmarks, Uncle Hugo’s is one more place to pre-order Freelancers of Neptune!
Can you believe release day’s just two weeks away? 😮 Don’t forget, through October 1st, all readers who pre-order Freelancers of Neptune will receive an exclusive double-sided foil bookmark, complete with fancy plastic slipcase and tassel!
Readers who order the hardback specifically, though, will get that and a little something extra. 😉
Readers who order from Uncle Hugo’s and Fiction Addiction will automatically receive their perks. For everyone else, I need to know where to send your stuff, so be sure to fill out this form once you’ve pre-ordered: 😁
What’s this mischievous catgirl up to? What’s our heroic captain shooting at? What even is “Flesh and metal for the wound?”
Find out next month in the space opera adventure Freelancers of Neptune (Sol Blazers #1)! 🚀
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Freelancers of Neptune
Sol Blazers #1
by Jacob Holo
Published by Baen Books
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All he wanted was a simple job to make ends meet. What he got was a mysterious cat girl, a shot at a hoard of treasure, and a whole lot of trouble.
The Solar System ain’t what it used to be!
In the far distant future, Saturn’s rings are gone, Mercury is a gas giant, and Earth is remembered only as a unit of measure. Nearly godlike AIs reshaped the Solar System in eons past, but they too are now nothing more than a fading memory.
Captain Nathaniel Kade cares for none of that. He’s but a simple freelancer from the orbital ring of Neptune, struggling to make ends meet and to keep his understaffed spaceship from falling apart. All he wants is a decent, uneventful job to help put his finances back in order.
What he receives instead is Vessani S’Kaari, a mysterious and beautiful cat girl who tried—and failed—to steal a ship belonging to a band of space pirates. Vessani’s in over her head and is clearly more trouble than she’s worth, but she also has a lead on what may be the greatest treasure trove of lost technology the Solar System has ever seen.
Nathan pulls her butt out of the fire, and together they begin to assemble a team to seek out this long-lost bounty. But other interested parties have their eyes on the same prize; the Jovian Everlife has dispatched a fleet of warships with one of their elite, many-bodied agents in command, and he’d like a few words with Nathan and his new crewmember.
A P-Con Update! (Sadly, Jacob had to drop out. 😔 H.P’s still going, though! 😃)
Hey, y’all. H.P. here.
Jacob was excited to be one of the Guests of Honor at P-Con 2024 – so it’s with heavy regret that he has to drop out this year. 😔
The TL;DR of why is:
Jacob suffers from chronic nerve pain. A procedure back in June was supposed to alleviate the pain, but didn’t … and long story short, we’ve spent the entire summer just *waiting* for other potential solutions to be approved.
He’s found some minor ways to make it day to day, but ultimately his nerve pain’s so bad right now that he can barely sit through his drive to work – which makes con-level activity impossible.
Thanks for understanding, and he hopes to be able to see y’all at a future P-Con.
However, I’m still coming, and I’ll be bringing ~ extra hijinks ~ with me to compensate for Jacob’s absence. (And y’all know how many hijinks I have on me already. It’s gonna be wild. 😁)
One such compensation is this fun bit of nonsense – i.e. a last-minute ✨ P-Con Exclusive ✨ bookplate hand-drawn by me. (So fancy!) The finals will all be signed by Jacob and available for the grabbing at our book table.
More hijinks to be revealed! 😁 In the meantime, if you’d still like to meet me, hop on over to P-Con’s website and grab your tickets!
P-Con
September 20-22, 2024
Holiday Inn DFW Airport South – Fort Worth, TX
Authors Just Talk About … HELLDIVERS II – September 14th @ 8pm EST
Authors Just Talk About … HELLDIVERS II
Saturday, September 14th @ 8pm EST
Authors Jason Cordova, Jamie Ibson, Thomas Pope, and Jacob Holo chat playing Helldivers II! (Moderated by Edie Skye/H.P. Holo.)
For more information about the panelists and their works, visit their websites below:
Jason Cordova: https://jasoncordova.com/
Jamie Ibson: https://ibsonwrites.ca/
Thomas Pope: https://amzn.to/3WXCne1
Jacob & H.P. Holo: https://holowriting.com/
Edie Skye: https://edieskye.com/
Find the authors’ Baen books here: https://www.baen.com/
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BOOK SIGNING ALERT! Saturday, October 26th at The Tangled Web (Spartanburg, SC)
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, Y’ALL! David Weber, Jason Cordova, Jacob and I have teamed up with The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, SC for a MEGA-SIGNING coming up Saturday, October 26th! 
From 2-3pm, we’ll be reading and chatting about our new releases.
From 3-5pm, we’ll be signing and generally hanging out!
SOME FUN POINTS AND USEFUL INFORMATION:
1) Everyone who buys one of our books gets 10% OFF your ENTIRE IN-STORE PURCHASE! (*Some exclusions apply.)
2) THEY HAVE A COFFEE BAR AND IT IS MAGNIFICENT. 
(If you’re having a bad day, The Twix Bar latte will instantly improve your life. Source: ME.)
3) Seating is limited to roughly 20 people. After that, it’s standing room only, so if you want to be guaranteed a seat, be sure to arrive early.
It’s bound to be a fun time, so if you’re in the area, come hang out!
Q and A (and PRIZES!) with JASON CORDOVA, author of MOUNTAIN OF FIRE
Q and A (and PRIZES!) with JASON CORDOVA, author of MOUNTAIN OF FIRE (Black Tide Rising #13)
Saturday, September 7th @ 8pm EST
H.P. Holo/Edie Skye chats with Baen author Jason Cordova about zombie action-adventure MOUNTAIN OF FIRE (Black Tide Rising #13) … and gives away a signed copy!
Read MOUNTAIN OF FIRE Here: https://amzn.to/4e44f75
Find Jason’s other Baen books here: https://www.baen.com/allbooks/category/index/id/4892
Visit Jason’s Website Here: https://jasoncordova.com/
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New Entry in the Best-Selling Black Tide Rising Series
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
When the lights went out, humanity died. But from darkness came hope.
The surviving students at St. Dominic’s Preparatory School for Girls have had it rough since the H7D3 virus virtually wiped out human civilization. Between rampaging hordes of zombies and wannabe tinpot dictators, the only thing holding them together is the iron will of the school’s lone surviving nun, Sister Ann. They know how to survive, but rebuilding isn’t only about surviving—it’s about rising up.
As more survivors start to seek asylum at the isolated school, it becomes readily apparent that the school can be the anvil from which humanity is reforged. To achieve this, though, the survivors must rely on one another to rebuild. The flames of life will be fanned, and the sparks from every strike of the hammer will provide light in the darkness.
But it will not be easy.
From atop the mountain of fire, this beacon of hope must spread—or humanity will die quietly in the long, final night.
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Authors Just Talk About … SPACE SCIENCE – September 6th @ 8pm EST
Authors Just Talk About … SPACE SCIENCE
Friday, September 6th @ 8pm EST
Authors Les Johnson, Stephanie Osborn, Jan Kotouc, Michael Morton, and Patrick Chiles just talk about their work in space sciences (… or researching so well their books fooled the host into thinking they’d worked in space)! (Moderated by Edie Skye/H.P. Holo.)
For more information about the panelists and their works, visit their websites below:
Les Johnson: https://www.lesjohnsonauthor.com/
Stephanie Osborn: http://www.stephanie-osborn.com/
Jan Kotouc: https://jan-kotouc.cz/en/english/
Michael Morton: https://amzn.to/3yQT4jq
H.P. Holo: https://holowriting.com/
Edie Skye: https://edieskye.com/
Find the authors’ Baen books here: https://www.baen.com/
Support the podcast/feed the host’s coffee-fueled word count here:
https://buymeacoffee.com/holowriting
https://ko-fi.com/holowriting
Dazzle’s SEEKRIT SALE: Help Dazzle Nap Sale! Use coupon code “NAP” to get 10% off select signed books.
*Note from H.P. – Dazzle is our marketing manager and he doesn’t understand how secrets work.
Hello, friends! 😸 I’m Dazzle!
I like taking naps where my people store their books, but THEY PUT A NEW BOX WHERE I NAP AND I CAN’T NAP THERE ANYMORE AND IT’S A CRISIS. 😿
They said if they sell some signed books, tho, it’ll clear the space and I can nap there again, so I’M RUNNING AN URGENT HELP DAZZLE NAP SALE.
These are the books interfering with my nap:
My people say The Dyson File‘s a far-future murder mystery but mostly I remember that there’s A PARK FOR HUNTING DINOSAURS AND I HAVE WANTED TO DO THAT EVER SINCE THEY SHOWED ME A DINOSAUR
I don’t know what time is, but my people tell me Time Troopers is an anthology of kick-ass time travel stories. Some of them are by famous people and one of them is by Jacob and has SPICY FOOD in it. (Also, LOTS OF EXPLOSIONS and at least one POWER ARMOR).
I’m told The Valkyrie Protocol has a TIME-TRAVELING BATTLE STATION in it, and I only understand a few of those words, but they sound cool together. There is also “moral complexity,” apparently, but I don’t know either of those words.
H.P. said I can only run this sale through Saturday, September 14th, so PLZ GO FORTH AND READ, FOR THE SAKE OF MY NAPS 😿
Ooh, shiny! ✨ Grab this exclusive foil bookmark when you pre-order Freelancers of Neptune!
Hey, y’all! 😁 H.P. here!
Freelancers of Neptune is just a month away, and since it’s Jacob’s first new solo novel in 9 years(😮!), we’re sweetening the release with special pre-order perks!
Through October 1st, all readers who pre-order Freelancers of Neptune will receive an exclusive double-sided foil bookmark, complete with fancy plastic slipcase and tassel!
Readers who order the hardback specifically, though, will get that and a little something extra. 😉
Either way, I need to know where to send your stuff, so be sure to fill out this form once you’ve pre-ordered. 😁
What’s this mischievous catgirl up to? What’s our heroic captain shooting at? What even is “Flesh and metal for the wound?”
Find out next month in Freelancers of Neptune (Sol Blazers #1)! 🚀
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Freelancers of Neptune
Sol Blazers #1
by Jacob Holo
Published by Baen Books
***
All he wanted was a simple job to make ends meet. What he got was a mysterious cat girl, a shot at a hoard of treasure, and a whole lot of trouble.
The Solar System ain’t what it used to be!
In the far distant future, Saturn’s rings are gone, Mercury is a gas giant, and Earth is remembered only as a unit of measure. Nearly godlike AIs reshaped the Solar System in eons past, but they too are now nothing more than a fading memory.
Captain Nathaniel Kade cares for none of that. He’s but a simple freelancer from the orbital ring of Neptune, struggling to make ends meet and to keep his understaffed spaceship from falling apart. All he wants is a decent, uneventful job to help put his finances back in order.
What he receives instead is Vessani S’Kaari, a mysterious and beautiful cat girl who tried—and failed—to steal a ship belonging to a band of space pirates. Vessani’s in over her head and is clearly more trouble than she’s worth, but she also has a lead on what may be the greatest treasure trove of lost technology the Solar System has ever seen.
Nathan pulls her butt out of the fire, and together they begin to assemble a team to seek out this long-lost bounty. But other interested parties have their eyes on the same prize; the Jovian Everlife has dispatched a fleet of warships with one of their elite, many-bodied agents in command, and he’d like a few words with Nathan and his new crewmember.
Jacob & H.P. Just Talk About … Xenoblade, Xenosaga, and Xenogears!
Jacob & H.P. Just Talk About … Xenoblade, Xenosaga, and Xenogears!
Sunday, August 25th @ 8pm EST
Hey, y’all! Welcome to our monthly(ish) series, wherein we just talk about stuff – the topic of the day, but also whatever we’re up to in writing and life.
This Sunday, we’ll be talking about some of our favorite JRPG video games: Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenogears, and Xenosaga!
(Also there will probably be Dazzle.)
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Support the podcast (and/or buy Dazzle treats) at …
Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/holowriting
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/holowriting
Q and A (and PRIZES!) with SHAMI STOVALL, author of TIME-MARKED WARLOCK
Q and A (and PRIZES!) with SHAMI STOVALL, author of TIME-MARKED WARLOCK
Saturday, August 24th @ 8pm EST
H.P. Holo/Edie Skye chats with author Shami Stovall about the urban fantasy murder mystery TIME-MARKED WARLOCK … and gives away a signed copy and metal bookmark!
Read TIME-MARKED WARLOCK Here: https://amzn.to/4duYPSW
Visit Shami’s Website Here: https://sastovallauthor.com/
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“What spirit do I have to make a pact with to become Finch’s murder mystery assistant? ‘CAUSE I WILL DO IT.” – H.P. Holo (Author of Monster Punk Horizon and podcaster at Author Q&A)
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Adair Finch is the most powerful warlock in the world, and one of the best private investigators for hire.
He has dealt with corporate vampires, murderous werewolves, and even fae royalty. Everything was perfect until he lost one case—the case where he also lost his brother.
So Finch retired. From magic. From PI work. From everything.
Bree Blackstone, a twelve-year-old witch, doesn’t know or care about any of that except Finch’s reputation. In the middle of the night, she bangs on Finch’s door. Her mother has been murdered, and now the assassin is after Bree as well.
Reluctantly, Finch agrees to help, only to discover something sinister has been brewing in town while he ignored the world… He’ll need to dust off all his old skills and magic before it’s too late.
“Fans of the Dresden Files and the Iron Druid Chronicles will definitely enjoy Stovall’s creation.” – Jason Cordova, national bestselling author
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Support the podcast (and/or buy Dazzle treats) at …
Buy Me A Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/holowriting
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/holowriting