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I long to see the stars… Work, summer heat, smoke, and allergies have all conspired to keep me inside. Now, the weather is cooling off, it’s getting darker earlier, and work is settling down, so I’m making a concerted effort to get outside more. I’m sure my dogs will appreciate this, as they’ll benefit from…

When I sent out the last newsletter, I was just starting my vacation. The highlight of which was a 4-night cruise. It’s been 26 years since my last cruise, and I have to say, I forgot how nice they could be! I tuned out from everything: work, writing, the world. I focused on hanging out…

It’s mid-September already! The last eight to ten weeks have been super crazy with work, but I’m finally at the precipice of a well-earned vacation. I plan to relax and disconnect as much as possible. I’ll be recharging by diving in to some books, comics, manga, anime, movies, tv shows, and whatever else sparks my…

Dogs are interesting creatures. If you’ve ever owned a dog or dogs, you’ll know that each of them are unique creatures with their own personalities. Over the last couple of years, I’ve noticed a couple of peculiar behaviors from mine. Orson, my beagle, will go through phases where every morning, no matter what time we…

Greetings! I’ve just returned home from a week in San Diego for my work’s annual strategic planning retreat. The word retreat is a bit of misnomer and implies some relaxation…which there was none. The week is full of presentations, discussions, and lots of data, but is powerful in terms of motivation and planning for the…

Not much to share this week…work is even busier than expected. It will be this way for at least the next two weeks, possibly longer. I’m using my hyper focus on work during the day and shifting to hyper focus on writing in the evening. Good news is, I’m having dinner with some friends and…

It’s a bright and sunny morning outside and will probably break 100 degrees by this afternoon. Don’t worry, though, I won’t be out in it! I have a lot of work to get done today. I’ve mentioned before that this time of year is very busy with my day job due to state and internal…

I hope everyone is having a fun Independence Day weekend. There’s no doubt that it is summer now, hence the Darkhaven graphic at the top of the newsletter this week. It’s been super hot around here and from I understand a large portion of the country. Try to stay cool and safe! I celebrated Independence…

There’s no way I’m going to bury the lead on this one! Late yesterday afternoon, I received an email from ACX (Audible) that the audiobook for Pax Machina was now live and available for purchase! I’m announcing it here in this newsletter first, as thanks for your support over the years! I’ve been an avid…

Last weekend my wife, one of my sons, and I attended Anime Riverside. It’s a relatively new (three years old) convention and was only ten minutes from my house! We attended as fans, not vendors, so that was a nice change of pace. There were lots of creative people selling anime related merch, but no…

Last weekend was Comic Con Revolution in Ontario, California. This was my last planned show for the year and I had a blast! I wouldn’t mind attending two or three more, especially in the Autumn, but for the foreseeable future my focus is on finishing Mechhaven Book 5: By Archangel’s Light. As you’ll see in…

I just read a news article that stated that due to major solar activity, the Northern Lights may be visible in Southern California this weekend (other southern locations, too). I’m pretty unlucky when it comes to witnessing celestial phenomenon, but seeing the aurora borealis is definitely on my “bucket list” and someday I’m planning on…

I hope you’re all doing well. As you’ll see below, April has been a productive month writing-wise and I hope to continue the trend into May. My family and I have recently caught up One Piece (all 1100 episodes!) and are now watching it week to week. I can’t say enough about this series, but…

WonderCon Recap I had a “wonderful” time at WonderCon 2024. In my last newsletter, I mentioned Friday was a pretty slow day, but I was getting ready for a busy 10-hour day on Saturday. The show was very busy on Saturday, which was really cool. As expected, Sunday (Easter Sunday) was very slow. From what…

Spring has sprung! Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate! It’s WonderCon weekend and things have been hopping…sorry for the terrible pun…no, I’m not 😉 Seriously though, this week has been all about getting ready for the biggest show I’ve done to date. Friday started off slower than everyone expected, but there were still…

I’ve been thinking about theme songs a lot lately. When I think about it, I can hear theme songs in my head to shows from as far back as I can remember. Not to date myself, but I clearly remember theme songs to Land of the Lost, Speed Racer, The Six Million Dollar Man, Scooby-Doo,…

Two months into the year and they went by in the blink of an eye. March is here! I should be used to it by now, but March snuck up on me once again. To be fair, the last two months of the year are packed with activities and it’s always a busy time at…

Big News! I received confirmation (and an invoice) to be an exhibitor at this year’s WonderCon in Anaheim, CA from March 29th to March 31st. I’ll have a space in the “Small Press” section and couldn’t be more excited. I’ll share more details as they become available. If you will be attending, stop by and…

About this time last year, a major sinus infection knocked me on my butt. It made my teeth hurt so bad that at one point I went to the dentist just to make sure I didn’t have any dental problems! In treating that infection and after several follow-up appointments, it became apparent that the cause of…

Another Thanksgiving has come and gone and I’m feeling thankful (and not overly stuffed)! I have a wonderful family, good friends, a stable job, and relatively good health. While I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday cooking and entertaining. I slowed down on Friday, spending the day writing, napping, and watching a variety of TV…

This. Is. Me. I am happy. For the most part, I’m a positive person and tend to keep an optimistic attitude, but in this picture, I am truly happy. This is me being me. This is me about thirty minutes before doing one of the two things I love most. The first is writing, the…

I often notice the passage of time when I sit down to write this newsletter. Case in point, last weekend was the 2023 Autumnal Equinox (in the northern hemisphere), and I was completely oblivious to it. It didn’t even register that we had changed seasons until mid-week when I started writing this week’s newsletter. I…

Last weekend I had the pleasure of appearing on Episode 130 of Geek Off The Street. I’ve known one host, Marc Pope, for close to 25 years. Geek Off The Street started about the same time that I released Duel of Destiny and shortly before I released Pax Machina. From the start, Marc and Trent…

With the transition to my new computer complete, I’m plowing full-speed ahead with the final prep for Rally Point and a few other projects (see Mechhaven Missives below).  This time of year is super busy with my day job and once I send out this newsletter, I’ll be working through most of this weekend to…

Exciting news below… but first some dramatic tension… I love technology. I hate technology. As I near the final editing and formatting processes for Rally Point, my computer has become progressively slower and less reliable. It hangs up for seconds to minutes between mouse clicks and simple changes. Other times it randomly restarts. Over the…

Just some quick updates this week… as of the writing of my last newsletter, my family and I were off to watch Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. We thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was probably the best of the Transformers movies…except for maybe the Cyberton sequence of Bumblebee. The sun is out in SoCal…

As soon as I finish sending this newsletter, I’ll be on my way to watch Transformers: Rise of the Beasts with my family. I’ve always been a casual Transformers fan. I watched the original cartoon when it aired back in the 80s but with nowhere near the enthusiasm I had for Voltron or Robotech. I…

Last week I had the pleasure of watching two movies, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. I enjoyed both movies tremendously. To be honest, I was particularly worried about Dungeons & Dragons, because, let’s face it, the previous attempts at making D & D movies have been of…

I took a quick trip to Las Vegas with my family last week. We had a fun time. The weather was nice. We ate some great food and did a lot of walking. My sons are still too young to gamble (for now), so my wife and I limited that to the late evening hours…

Where has this year gone? It’s already April 1st! Also known as April Fool’s Day, or as I like to call it, “Don’t Believe Anything You Read Online or on Social Media Day”. Sadly, there are no jokes or pranks from me today (although I thought of a pretty good one this morning). Instead, I’m…

It’s going to be a crazy weekend for my family. My wife and I are celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary, my oldest son is turning 20, and my youngest has school activities and parties to be ferried to and from, so I’ll keep this short and sweet. Mechhaven Missives Mech of the Month I wanted…

February is upon us once again. Groundhog day just passed, and I heard that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow so predicted six more weeks of winter. I’m not sure how reliable his predictions are, but I guess we’ll wait and see. Many people enjoy the movie, Groundhog Day. I remember liking it when it first…

Happy New Year! I hope 2023 is treating you well so far. I’m fresh off a two-week vacation in which I caught up on sleep, spent some time organizing the house, reading, watching movies, and spending time with family and friends, some of whom I hadn’t seen in several years. All in all, it was…

It’s Christmas Eve morning. The house is quiet. My wife has already left for a final session of Jazzercise before the holiday festivities begin. My kids are still fast asleep. Even my dogs are snoozing on the couch behind me, hypnotized by the clickity-clack of my typing away on the keyboard. I’m sipping a cup…

Greetings! I hope this newsletter finds you well and enjoying the holiday season. Shortly after I sent the last edition, I came down with a stomach bug that knocked me on my butt for the better part of a week. Then, as I was just about recovered, I got hit with a painful sinus infection….

Mechhaven Missives My Musings It’s hard to believe, but the holidays are rapidly approaching. With the first draft of Rally Point complete, I can no longer ignore the Halloween decorations staring at me, begging to be put away. Part of my “rest” over this weekend will be cleaning, organizing, and otherwise taking care of any…

Autumn is in full swing. The weather in SoCal has been so pleasant that I no longer have any excuses to not go outside and take some walks. My dogs will definitely be happy! My wife and I are off to San Diego to celebrate a friend’s birthday. We’ll have a fun day of hanging…

Hello, Thanks for joining me for my bi-weekly updates once again. There were quite a few new subscribers over the last few weeks, so if you are new, “Welcome Aboard!”. In this edition: My Musings Mechhaven Missives Featured Authors Featured Promotions My Musings Those of you of a certain age will recognize the song ‘Working…

Hello, Thanks for joining me for my bi-weekly updates once again. If you’re new to my newsletter, welcome aboard! In this edition: My Musings Mechhaven Missives Featured Authors Featured Promotions My Musings I survived the extended heat wave that I mentioned in the last newsletter. Interestingly enough, those days of miserable heat were followed by…

Thanks for joining me for my bi-weekly updates once again. If you’re new to my newsletter, welcome aboard! In this edition: My Musings Mechhaven Missives Featured Authors Featured Promotions My Musings I celebrated a birthday over the last week. It was nothing extravagant, a weekend lunch with my aunt and uncle and a weeknight dinner…

Hello, I hope this message finds you well. Greetings to any new subscribers! I have just returned from a mini-vacation in Las Vegas where I enjoyed time with my family, ate some delicious food, and walked WAY TOO much in heat that would rival Darkhaven, Mustafar, or even Mordor! We had to settle for a…

Hello, I hope you are doing well. If you are a new subscriber, welcome and thank you for joining up! Last week, as part of the long holiday weekend, I visited some friends I hadn’t seen in quite a while. It was nice to have an in-person get together. Fun Times! As I write this…

Hello, June is rapidly coming to a close and we are now in summer (in the Northern Hemisphere, at least). It has been an exciting month since the release of On Darkhaven Forged, and it’s not quite over yet. If you’re new to my newsletter, welcome! In this edition: What I’m Watching Mechhaven Missives The…

It’s been an exciting 11 days since the launch of On Darkhaven Forged! If you’re new to the Gregeration X Newsletter, thank you for joining. In this edition, I have some updates on On Darkhaven Forged’s launch week, a Special Promotion, Featured Authors, and Featured Promotions. Mechhaven Missives First off, I have some great news….

Welcome to the latest edition of the Gregeration X newsletter. If this is your first edition, thanks for joining! It’s a great time to hop on board as we countdown to the release of Mechhaven Book 3: On Darkhaven Forged! I have exciting news! This afternoon, I uploaded the file for On Darkhaven Forged to Amazon….

Welcome to the latest edition of the Gregeration X newsletter. If this is your first edition, thanks for joining! It’s a great time to hop on board as we countdown to the release of Mechhaven Book 3: On Darkhaven Forged! We’re 18 days away! My Musings It has been a busy Spring so far for the Sorber household….

Welcome to the latest edition of the Gregeration X newsletter. If this is your first edition, thanks for joining! It’s a great time to hop on board as we countdown to the release of Mechhaven Book 3: On Darkhaven Forged! At the time of this writing we are 46 days away! In this Edition: My…

In this edition: Aphid Invasion! Attack of the Taxes! Mechhaven Missives Happy Anniversary Duel of Destiny! Get Unexpected Contact for Free! Featured Authors Group Promotions My Musings-Attack of the Taxes! I normally try to get my newsletter out as early as possible on the days they’re scheduled to come out. This week was no exception….

My Musings I’m writing this from sunny southern California in the middle of an extended four-day weekend. With the extra days available to me, aside from my usual writing goals of writing more, editing more, and plotting more, I’m planning on accomplishing a few other tasks this weekend. The first one is to get an…

Greetings, Welcome to the bi-weekly newsletter of Science Fiction and Fantasy Author, Greg Sorber. If you’re receiving this newsletter, it means you signed up when you downloaded a copy of Duel of Destiny from a promotion or after reading Pax Machina or Mechs and Machinations. No matter how you found your way to my newsletter,…

Greetings, Here is the Gregeration X Newsletter for September 4th, 2021. If you’re receiving this newsletter, it means you downloaded a copy of Duel of Destiny from a promotion or possibly signed up after reading Pax Machina. No matter how you found your way on to my list, WELCOME! Although I’d love for you to…

Greetings, We’re heading in to the fourth week of August. It’s amazing how quickly time flies! For me this time of year brings memories of Back to School season, and previews/announcements for new Fall TV lineups. Most importantly this was usually the time of year we found out what new Saturday morning cartoons would be…