I've been reading conservative news and commentary on Townhall.com for some time now, and finally decided to set up a blog there so I can comment on the columns and other entries, and show how space development relates to what's going on in the world. Check out my blog at http://phoenix-rising.townhall.com.

 

I've also been working to convert the rest of my completed novels and story collections to pdf files and to find space for all of them before the end of the month. Once I do, I'll update the link for my novel sampler and you'll have access to every novel I currently have available (about 15 of them), some of them with color illustrations from my designs or assorted portraits of characters and the occasional action illustration. The dates show I did them a very long time ago--which is more a commentary on how long it has taken self-publishing technology to catch up with me (or me with it, as the case may be).

 

In any case, I'll keep blogging here from time to time, but the Townhall blog will likely be updated more often, mostly because it gives me something to do between calls here at work.

 

 

Just a note to let everyone know I've finally rejoined NSS after about three years away (for a lot of reasons you don't want to hear about).

 

I started out as an old L-5 member way back in 1980. When we moved to Montana in 1983, I lost track of what was happening in space development for about 4 years. When we moved to Colorado in 1988, I just missed the Denver ISDC (Dang!), and didn't get back into NSS until the following fall, when we joined the Front Range L5 Chapter.

 

Since then, I've been a member of that chapter, started the (now defunct) Northern Colorado chapter, moved to Colorado Springs, started the (now defunct) Colorado Springs chapter, and, as Chapters Organizer for Region 4 back in the late 90's through about 2001, helped the cadets set up the USAF Academy Chapter of NSS, plus I helped several other chapters in the region get started.

 

Running a local chapter, even in a city full of space advocates and workers, is hard work I no longer have time for, so I'll leave that for others if they choose. However, I am interested in setting up a Special Interest Chapter with a focus on integrated design and construction techniques for use here on Earth as testbeds for settlements out there. If you've received my notice of update and are currently working on these ideas (you know who you are), please consider this your invitation to work with me to set up this chapter. If you're already involved in a chapter (and I know most of you are), consider this not as an additional or competing responsibility but as an additional forum. We can even set up our own space here on MSN spaces (or MySpace.com, or something similar). Or I can do it and maintain it while you blog or comment or send me things to post. If you're interested, email me at tkholmes_ssde@hotmail.com.

 

I look forward to jumping back into NSS with both feet.