Creating AMT 1296 USS Enterprise Part 2 of 4 by TSJ

TSJ Returns to a Hobby After Forty Years:  Model Making

I previously posted on the blog about my experience getting back to a hobby I’d abandoned four decades ago.  It was likely due to a lack of proper supplies, tools, paints and so on.  Growing up, we just didn’t have much money and my models generally looked pretty bad.

Creating AMT 1296 USS Enterprise Part 1 of 4 by TSJ

TSJ Returns to a Hobby After Forty Years:  Model Making

It’s been a stressful last few months, no doubt due to the production and release of my latest thriller, A Blanket of Steel.  Because of this, while I await my signing tour this Spring, I’ve decided to revisit a former hobby from over four decades ago.  And boy, I had no idea how much fun it would be.

Amazing Stories Reviews A BLANKET OF STEEL: “It’s Prescient.”

Amazing Stories Reviews A Blanket of Steel:  “It’s prescient.”

This is a stellar review.  I am still processing it.  The reviewer, R. Graeme Cameron, has so far read and reviewed three of my books:

THE SHADOW OF WAR by TSJ is a 2023 CYGNUS Award Finalist

The Shadow of War by TSJ is a 2023 CYGNUS Award Finalist

My 2023 underwater heist thriller, The Shadow of War, has made the final group of novels in the science fiction award competition.

Unboxing Author Copies of A BLANKET OF STEEL

Unboxing Author Copies of A Blanket of Steel

The emotions are impossible to describe.  Do lifelong dreams come true?  A Blanket of Steel is my ninth book, but with each, that first moment when you realize that it actually exists … it’s just a feeling that is nearly overwhelming.

Author Michael Libling Reviews A BLANKET OF STEEL

Author Michael Libling Blurbs (and Reviews) A Blanket of Steel!

I’ve said it before, and I’m saying it again:  Michael Libling, author of Hollywood North:  A Novel in Six Reels and The Serial Killer’s Son Takes a Wife, is a Canadian treasure.  He’s a brilliant genius and I can’t argue with or dispute anything he says about any topic. Especially this one.

Here are his impressions of my newest thriller, A Blanket of Steel: