Author Archives: Thomas Weaver

About Thomas Weaver

For several years, I’ve been putting my uncanny knack for grammar and punctuation, along with an eclectic mental collection of facts, to good use as a Wielder of the Red Pen of Doom (editor). I'm physically disabled, and I currently live with my smugly good-looking twin Paul, who writes military science fiction and refuses to talk about his military service because he can’t. Sometimes Paul and I collaborate on stories, and sometimes I just edit whatever he writes. It's worked out rather well so far. My list of non-writing-related jobs from the past includes librarian, art model, high school teacher, science lab gofer… Although I have no spouse or offspring to tell you about, I do have eight cats. I currently spend my time blogging, reading, editing, and fending off cats who like my desk better than my twin’s.

My sister-in-law was asked to teach some kids about the Middle Ages and Renaissance…

A local community college has invited Grace (my sister-in-law) to participate in their summer program called Kids’ College. Specifically, she’s been asked if she would be willing to teach a class (or more than one) on something having to do … Continue reading

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Book News: March 4, 2023

After much deliberation (which sounds so much better than waffling, I think), we decided not to wait until May to publish The Dark Plaza. That book is on preorder now, and the release date is the first of April. If … Continue reading

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Books and Cats

Writing-related stuff: Paul’s novel The Instruments of Faith is now available in hardcover. He’s approximately twenty percent through the first draft of the sequel.   The Dark Plaza (final book of The Awakening) will go on preorder sometime in March. This … Continue reading

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Gallery of Paul’s Novels

Paul updated his author website with a gallery of his novels. Click on a cover image to jump to the blurb for that book. *mutters something about discussing art and waiting* Speaking of book covers… Paul is also working on … Continue reading

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How the Writing Is Going: February 6, 2023

A few minutes ago (6:58 PM), I finished editing The Dark Plaza, the fifth and final book of The Awakening. (*happy dance*) Sometime soonish, Paul will go back over the manuscript one last time, clarifying pronouns, filling in dropped words, … Continue reading

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Life: Editing, Cats, Art, and More Cats — the Usual.

Ever notice how any word, if you look at it enough, starts to look like nonsense? Well, after looking at the word house a few hundred times (and having to determine each time if it’s supposed to be capitalized in … Continue reading

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Paul’s First HARDCOVER Novel Now Out!

Notice that I said novel; this is not his first book to be published in hardcover. (For a bit about his nonfiction book, see this.) We got the proof/author copy of the hardcover edition for I Won’t Cry for Yesterday … Continue reading

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How the Writing Is Going: January 19, 2023

With the finalization of the back-cover blurb, the cover for Riders on the Storm (yay! the real title, finally) is finished and ready to go. Paul doesn’t want to do a cover reveal or anything yet, but it shouldn’t be … Continue reading

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How the Writing Is Going: January 13, 2023

But first, kitten pictures! That’s Soot Sprite (Sprite, for short), the new kitten. She’s older than she looks; she’s just tiny. It doesn’t show well in this photo due to the lighting, but she’s a black tabby with white/pale grey … Continue reading

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Cover Reveal (and Blurb): The Instruments of Faith

A bright crimson stain on snow and the smell of burnt flesh… Dr. Michelle Fredericks is contacted by the FBI to assist in the investigation of a series of grisly occult murders in Eastern Kentucky. The case looks like a … Continue reading

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