Eric Goebelbecker
Shadows of the Past: The Great War of the Worlds #1
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It's 1915, twenty years after the Martian invasion chronicled in H.G. Wells War of the Worlds failed. The aliens left behind advanced technology and weapons, and now humanity is on the brink of a catastrophic war. Caught in the middle of the chaos are two unlikely heroes: Emil Zimmerman, a young German soldier, and James Brogan, an introverted radio engineer.
Shadows of the Past is a science fiction, alternate history, survival adventure. Do you love War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells? Then this thrilling journey of humanity grappling with the legacy of Martian technology is the thrilling ride you're looking for.
Clouds of the Future: The Great War of the Worlds #2 is available for pre-order!
What happened after the Martian Attack chronicled in War of the Worlds ended?
The aliens succumbed to Earth's microbes, but left their weapons scattered across the globe.
Governments worked hard to take control over these deadly technologies, so they could keep it out of the hands of the wrong people, and use it for themselves.
They failed.
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It’s the weekend!
On Deck: Gather docs for taxes. Ugh.
Inbox: Barely under control.
Listening: Radio Paradise Rock Mix
Reading: The City of Last Chances. A voluminous volume.
Last Watched: Nothing memorable.
Condition: Garmin claims, despite 10 hours of sleep, that I am tired. Hmmmm.
February 24, 2024
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Good morning!
Up early, even if this post doesn’t show up early. Bunch of errands and calls, and then back to work on that outline and the novella.
Stay warm out there. It’s going to be a cold one over here on the mid-Atlantic coast.
February 21, 2024
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Shadows of the Past is in the hands of advanced readers! Now, I need to sort out the papberback cover since I now have a final page count.
I restart teaching scent work classes for dogs (and their humans) Thursday, so today I’ll go over some lesson plans in between outlining a white paper for the day job and editing a short story for my Patreon launch.
On Deck: See above.
Inbox: 5 unread
Listening: Radio Paradise.
Reading: The City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
Last Watched: House of Ninjas. Mostly ok.
February 20, 2024
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Spent the weekend going over the edits for Shadows of the Past. Now I need to finish another read-through to check for lingering typos and formatting issues.
That’s it. See you tomorrow.
February 19, 2024
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Normally, a Nespresso machine wouldn’t be my style. They’re the Amazon Kindles of coffee makers. They come pre-enshittified; you can only purchase coffee capsules manufactured by Nestle for the latest line of machines.
So it’s coffee with DRM. Coffee that forces you to send all your money to one company while stuffing landfills with needless waste.
But this machine was a Christmas gift, and after some research I learned that you can overcome Nestle’s silliness with My Cap They’re resuable lids that make it possible to reuse the pods.
I get the edits to Shadows of the Past today! So busy day, busier weekend.
Have a great Friday!
February 16, 2024
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Still have the nose to the grindstone, with two more client calls and work on the novella for Patreon.
Not feeling close to 100%, and may have to get to sleep early for the third night on a row, instead of Aikido.
On Deck: Zoom. More zoom. Writing.
Listening: Link for FB:
February 15, 2024
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