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If we've ever met in person and you've wondered "Gee, how did he get this way," I finally have a solid answer.

(source: https://www. tumblr.com/ejlandsman/13578055 6301/i-dont-feel-like-this-is-done-but-im-posting-it)

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If we've ever met in person and you've wondered "Gee, how did he get this way," I finally have a solid answer.

(source: https://www. tumblr.com/ejlandsman/13578055 6301/i-dont-feel-like-this-is-done-but-im-posting-it)

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pencil drawing of a twitchy-looking person in glasses, sipping coffee. Banner text says "THAT WHICH DOES NOT KILL ME ONLY MAKES ME WEIRDER AND HARDER TO RELATE TO."

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I'm a full-time professional writer, but you can get free stuff from me.

Sign up for my nonfiction mailing list and get a free tech book. https://mwl.io/about/mailing-lists

Sign up for my fiction mailing list and get seven free stories. https://mwl.io/about/mailing-lists

I also have an assortment of free fiction on various retailers, including:

:flan_book: a short SF novel "Forever Falls." "There's no grounds for murder. There's no ground at all." Alien universes! Junior redshirt detective! A death that couldn't be accidental, couldn't be murder, and couldn't have even happened.https://mwl.io/fiction/freebies#foreve rfalls

:flan_book: the first Prohibition Orcs tale. Bootlegging in 1927 Detroit! Cold feet and hot lead! Elves that need a good punch in the throat! https://mwl.io/fiction/freebies#orc

:flan_book: "Butterfly Stomp," the story that made people threaten me until I wrote the novel "Butterfly Stomp Waltz." Robin Hood meets Die Hard. Robbery! Explosions! Everyone's favorite bad guy!

:flan_book: "Wednesday's Seagulls," the first story from the collection "Vicious Redemption." The only thing worse than living with a zombie is surviving without one. https://mwl.io/fiction/freebies#ws

There's also my blog at https://mwl.io, my Letters column for the FreeBSD Journal https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/, and assorted tidbits scattered all around the web.

Or you can browse my whole catalog at https://mwl.io.

(Yes, the freebies are offered in the hope that you'll buy things. I'm exactly like Costco, except without money or power or market share.)

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I'm a full-time professional writer, but you can get free stuff from me.

Sign up for my nonfiction mailing list and get a free tech book. https://mwl.io/about/mailing-lists

Sign up for my fiction mailing list and get seven free stories. https://mwl.io/about/mailing-lists

I also have an assortment of free fiction on various retailers, including:

:flan_book: a short SF novel "Forever Falls." "There's no grounds for murder. There's no ground at all." Alien universes! Junior redshirt detective! A death that couldn't be accidental, couldn't be murder, and couldn't have even happened.https://mwl.io/fiction/freebies#foreve rfalls

:flan_book: the first Prohibition Orcs tale. Bootlegging in 1927 Detroit! Cold feet and hot lead! Elves that need a good punch in the throat! https://mwl.io/fiction/freebies#orc

:flan_book: "Butterfly Stomp," the story that made people threaten me until I wrote the novel "Butterfly Stomp Waltz." Robin Hood meets Die Hard. Robbery! Explosions! Everyone's favorite bad guy!

:flan_book: "Wednesday's Seagulls," the first story from the collection "Vicious Redemption." The only thing worse than living with a zombie is surviving without one. https://mwl.io/fiction/freebies#ws

There's also my blog at https://mwl.io, my Letters column for the FreeBSD Journal https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/, and assorted tidbits scattered all around the web.

Or you can browse my whole catalog at https://mwl.io.

(Yes, the freebies are offered in the hope that you'll buy things. I'm exactly like Costco, except without money or power or market share.)

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The cover for "Spilled Mirovar: a Prohibition Orcs tale," by Michael Warren Lucas, showing an angry orc tromping through surf

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The cover for Wednesday's Seagulls by Michael Warren Lucas, showing seagulls in a barren blue sky

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The cover for Forever Falls, by Michael Warren Lucas, with abstract scifi art

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The cover for "Butterfly Stomp" by Michael Warren Lucas, showing a shadowed woman emerging from a dark tunnel

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My 2019-2022 things in print. 7 nonfiction books, 5 novels, 6 chapbooks, 13 anthologies, 1 omnibus. Plus a collection of my footnotes for 1 April 2021.

Oh, and: the Networknomicon, of course. :flan_yikes:​

I need a hobby. :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing:

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My 2019-2022 things in print. 7 nonfiction books, 5 novels, 6 chapbooks, 13 anthologies, 1 omnibus. Plus a collection of my footnotes for 1 April 2021.

Oh, and: the Networknomicon, of course. :flan_yikes:​

I need a hobby. :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing: :flan_writing:

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2019: one novel, "Terrapin Sky Tango." Two tech books, "Sudo Mastery 2/e" and "FreeBSD Mastery: Jails." Four anthologies, one chapbook.

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2020. One tech book, "SNMP Mastery." One special edition, the Networknomicon. One biz book, "Cash Flow for Creators." One novel, "Drinking Heavy Water." Three chapbooks, four anthologies.

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2022: One tech book, "DNSSEC Mastery 2/e." Two novels, "Prohibition Orcs" and "Frozen Talons. One book on writing, "Domesticate Your Badgers." One anthology. One collection.

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2021. One tech book, "TLS Mastery," in Beastie, Tux, and combined (hardcover) editions. One novel, "$ git sync murder." One omnibus, "Aidan Redding Against the Universes." One April Fools' collection, "Only Footnotes," containing all the footnotes from prior tech books. Two chapbooks, four anthologies.

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I write books to pay the bills. No consulting, no leeching off family members, no paid teaching or speaking: only writing books.

How do I pull it off?

1) Understand cashflow - https://mwl.io/nonfiction/biz-craft

2) Treating it as a business - https://mwl.io/archives/4557

More on publishing, writing, etc at my FAQ - https://mwl.io/faq#publishing

The big secret: MAKE MOAR WORDS! :flan_writing:​ :flan_writing:​ :flan_writing:​ 50 books out as of 2022, shooting for 100 by 2032.

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I write books to pay the bills. No consulting, no leeching off family members, no paid teaching or speaking: only writing books.

How do I pull it off?

1) Understand cashflow - https://mwl.io/nonfiction/biz-craft

2) Treating it as a business - https://mwl.io/archives/4557

More on publishing, writing, etc at my FAQ - https://mwl.io/faq#publishing

The big secret: MAKE MOAR WORDS! :flan_writing:​ :flan_writing:​ :flan_writing:​ 50 books out as of 2022, shooting for 100 by 2032.

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cover for Immortal Clay, by Michael Warren Lucas -- dude with tentacle-eye hair in front of a wrecked party store, holding beer and chips

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front cover of Absolute FreeBSD, 3/e, by Michael W Lucas, showing FreeBSD horned orb with Beastie's faint reflection in it

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front cover of SSH Mastery 2/e, by Michael W Lucas, showing the OpenBSD blowfish as the Mona Lisa

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front cover of PAM Mastery, by Michael W Lucas, showing Beastie and Tux spoofing American Gothic