Fun weekend... Not.

I spent all Sunday creating a drainfield between my yard and my next door neighbor's where the water likes to collect and create a marshy area. The grass won't grow there and it looks ugly.

So I dug an 80-foot trench, filled the base with gravel, and put in some corrugated pipe (covered in a porous fabric that lets the water in, but not the dirt and gravel) to take the water down to the drainage ditch out by the street. Then on Monday and Tuesday I added more gravel in the trench, on either side of the pipe, and then covered the trench with dirt. What a lot of work, but great exercise. LOL!

Here are a few photos of the process:

I still have to pack down the dirt and then cover with topsoil and add grass seed. But with any luck, the area will look great by Springtime. 

Sunrise Destiny is now available for preorders

From the author of the #1 bestselling Military Sci-Fi novel on Amazon (My Other Car is a Spaceship): Sunrise Destiny is now available for preordering. The book will ship on September 26th.

Ever have one of those weeks? While working a case, private detective Donatello Sunrise is abducted by aliens. And his week goes downhill from there. Soon, the cops are after him for serial kidnappings, a Mob boss wants him dead, and he's fleeing aliens halfway across the galaxy.

Somehow, Sunrise and his hooker girlfriend, Lola, must find a way to save two worlds from disaster by helping the good guys defeat the bad guys.

The trick is figuring out which is which.

Sunrise Destiny is available on Amazon in 12 countries: http://smarturl.it/SunriseDestiny. To find out more about my books, go to my website at http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.

My Other Car is a Spaceship is #1 x 2

Yesterday My sci-fi novel about space pirates, My Other Car is a Spaceship was both #1 overall for military sci-fi on Amazon in the U.S. and #1 for Kindle format military sci-fi in Australia--and my second best sales day so far. So it was a good day. :)

To find out more about my books, go to my blog at http://tesserene.blogspot.com/ and my website: http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.

Sunrise Destiny available for preordering on September 16

My paranormal/detective/alien-abduction sci-fi thriller, Sunrise Destiny will begin accepting preorders at 12:01 a.m. on September 16, 2014. The book will be released on September 26th.

Ever have one of those weeks? While working a case, private detective Donatello Sunrise is abducted by aliens. And his week just keeps getting worse. Soon, the cops are after him for multiple homicides, a Mob boss wants him dead, and he's fleeing aliens halfway across the galaxy.

Somehow, Sunrise and his hooker girlfriend, Lola, must find a way to save two worlds from disaster by helping the good guys defeat the bad guys.

The trick is figuring out which is which.

To find out more about Sunrise Destiny, go to my website: http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.

We're #1, we're #1!

This just in: My sci-fi thriller, My Other Car is a Spaceship is now the #1 bestseller on the Amazon Top 100 list of Military Sci-Fi (plus #4 and #5 on the Space Fleet and Space Opera lists, respectively).

It's available on Amazon in 12 countries: http://smarturl.it/MyOtherCarSpaceship.

The Imperative Chronicles series is starting to catch on

As of today, The Mars Imperative (Book One of The Imperative Chronicles) reached #51 on the Amazon Top 100 list of Space Colonization books and The Tesserene Imperative (Book Two of The Imperative Chronicles) hit #83 on the list of Space Exploration.

The Mars Imperative and The Tesserene Imperative are available on Amazon in 12 countries at:  http://smarturl.it/TheMarsImperative and http://smarturl.it/TessereneImperative.

Woo-hoo! My Other Car is a Spaceship is #2!

#2 for Military Sci-fi and #6 for Space Opera.  #1? Who knows? :)

When space pirates threaten to take over the shipping lanes, retired air force fighter pilot Hal Nellis is recruited to fight them. It all comes down to a final battle for the spaceways. Win, and the pirate threat is crushed forever. Lose, and the people of Earth and countless other backwater worlds are doomed to slavery and death.

My Other Car is a Spaceship is available on Amazon in 12 countries: http://smarturl.it/MyOtherCarSpaceship. To find out more about my books, go to my website: http://MarkTerenceChapman.com.

My Other Car is a Spaceship is now #4 on Amazon!

Hooray! After only 18 days since release, My Other Car is a Spaceship has reached #4 on Amazon's Top 100 list of Military Sci-Fi, and #10 on the list of Space Operas.

And as a bonus, it now appears at the top of the Hot New Releases list for military sci-fi:

It has been  good day so far! :)

My interview by Fiona Mcvie

I had an interesting experience recently. Blogger Fiona Mcvie asked if I would consider being interviewed by her. Being something of a ham and, by necessity due to my books, an attention-whore, of course I said yes. :)

It's not a hard-hitting, tell-all expose, but if you're curious about the life of a writer, you might find it interesting. Here's the link to Fiona's blog. (Thanks, Fiona!)

My Other Car is a Spaceship is a Top 10 bestseller

My Other Car is a Spaceship 
reached #8 on Amazon's Military Sci-Fi Top 100 list and #9 on the Space Opera list. :)  Get'm while they're hot! The introductory price expires soon!  http://smarturl.it/MyOtherCarSpaceship.