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About Bob Blanton
Bob Blanton has been an avid reader ever since his mother first took him to a library at age five. He toyed with writing for years after finishing college, but was always too busy to complete a novel. While working for Hewlett Packard Co. and traveling on long business trips to Singapore, Europe, and India, Bob wrote books in his head. After he retired to the beach in Mexico, the only things that competed with writing were the sound of the ocean and sunsets over the water, so he was actually able to finish writing the books he started. Bob completed his first three books, the Stone Series, and he has been working on the Delphi in Space series for the past two years. Now that he has started to publish his series, he hopes you enjoy reading them as much as he has enjoyed writing them. Check back for other books as he continues to ply his new trade.
Bob was born in Augsburg, Germany, the son of a U.S. soldier and a German national. His father moved the family back to the U.S. when Bob was six months old. As a child, his family moved almost every year until Bob was fourteen, but they managed to stay in Colorado Springs, CO, for three years before his father retired from the military. The family moved to Noble, OK, just south of Norman and the University of Oklahoma, where Bob attended college. He raced to the west coast as soon as he graduated, and lived in San Diego, CA, for over thirty years while working as an engineer and manager at HP. After retiring, Bob and his wife moved a few miles south to Mexico where they are enjoying their home on the ocean.
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Blog postHey, Delphi Embassy is being promoted on https://ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindle-books/2021-07-21/B097QC5W8M
You should have already read it:) but check out their other promotions.
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Blog postHey,
The ebook daily is featuring Delphi Exploration today. You might want to check out what other books they're featuring since I ASSUME all of you have read Delphi Exploration.
https://ebookdaily.com/bargain-kindle-books/2021-06-28/B097SSYBY8
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Blog postDelphi Exploration (Delphi in Space Book 7) is now on sale at Audible
They were fast this time. I hope they keep it up.
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Blog postI cannot believe we let a mistake get through all the edited and reviews for Delphi League.!!!!!
As many of you know I am usually working on the next book and writing the plotline for the one after that as we finish up the one we're getting ready to release. When I write, I sometimes just put in a short description of what I want to write about as a move on, then I come back and finish those up when I have the plot nailed.
Well, that can lead to big oops.&nbs1 year ago Read more -
Blog postI'm just finishing up the formatting for the Next book, Delphi League. I will prerelease it next week, and it'll be available le on April 6th You can tell I'm not good with social media or anything that requires me to track time or I would have mentioned Delph League in my newsletter. Nuts.
I just finished the draft for another book, now I have to let it sit for a few weeks so when I read it, I actually read it rather than remember what I wanted to write.1 year ago Read more -
Blog postSurprise, Surprise, the QA guys were quick. Delphi Federation is now on Audio.
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Blog postDelphi Challenge, book nine, is coming out on Jan 5th. It's available for preorder now. The next book Delphi League is at the Editors.
I'm actually working on book four of the Stone Series. I've got a beginning, middle, and end, but now I have to write all the parts in between. It was really hard to switch series. It took three weeks before I quit writing the Delphi Series in my head. I hope it doesn't take that long to switch back.
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Blog postHey, I'm struggling to find another good science fiction series. My preference is no galactic wars and I prefer the ones that work on the science (Hard science). But I am a sucker for a good space opera. I'll put this on my blog, send me your recommendations and if I really like one, maybe it'll appear below.
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Blog postNice when someone helps to promote my series. Check these out.
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Blog postCheck out our new FREE (to me) PROMO
'Delphi Colony' is highlighted today ($3.99) on eBookDaily.com and in the Bargain newsletter.
http://author.ebookdaily.com/deals/1127122-delphi-colony
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Blog postAs you can tell, I'm not a great blogger. I'm doing this one as a way to procrastinate working on my latest book.
When I started my Delphi in Space series I had a clear goal of where I wanted the series to go. Not the end, but a major milestone. That goal has driven my writing for the first ten books. Number ten has just gone through its second draft, so don't get too excited, It takes three to six months to complete a book.
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Blog postAs you can tell, I'm a terrible blogger. Keep forgetting to post stuff that's on my mind until it's too stale to bother with.
I've finished the first draft of book ten. Now I need to let it sit for a while before I go back and try and finish it.
I'm playing around with a book four in my Stone Series. Wonder if my mind is agile enough to deal with both series at the same time.
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Blog postOne of you recently pointed out that I am not following the usual publishing guidelines for formatting. I'm using the guideline for Non-Fiction instead of the typical fiction template. I'm doing it because I like the extra white space, I think it makes it easier to keep track of where you are, who's talking, etc. But of course, I'm writing for you guys, so maybe you don't like it. I have to admit that I almost exclusively read my books in word since that's what I use to w2 years ago Read more
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Blog postI inadvertently clicked enable DRM for my latest release Delphi Exploration. Amazon cannot undo the mistake unless I republish it. But I I do that I lose all the sale rankings. And we're closing in on #1 in science fiction. DAMN DAMN DAMN. Won't make that mistake again.
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Blog postAs you can tell, I'm not much of a blogger. I need a teenager to interview me each day and do the blogs😊
I'm in that awkward place between finishing the second draft of book 9 and trying to tune up the plot of book 10. That means I go looking for anything to do. Even editing, or formatting. I just started formatting book 7 as an e-book. It's due on Amazon in a few weeks for the July 21st release.
I always delay that work to the last moment because I fin2 years ago Read more -
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Blog postFinally. What a long process to publish one. But it's here, Starship Sakira, Audio Version.2 years ago Read more
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Blog postI'm 1500 words into book 9. It looks daunting, 70,000+ is the goal.
Funny how before the stay at home order, I preferred to stay home and write, now I've got cabin fever.
Book 6 becomes available for preorder in three days and available on the 21st. book 7 is in the final edit round, and book 8 got by the beta reader without major change. I should be raring to go on book 9. At least I have the plot:).
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Blog postWhen reading and even when writing Science Fiction, we sometimes forget just how far apart things are.The fringe of our solar system is beyond Neptune, whose orbit is thirty AUs, thirty times farther from the sun than Earth. Jupiter is only five times farther. When writing book five, Delphi Alliance, I carefully calculated the distances and times. In Delphi Federation, I used those numbers, but I glossed over the extra distance from forty-fifty AUs to sixty. And in2 years ago Read more
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Titles By Bob Blanton
What would you do if you found a spaceship? Would you call the government, would you pretend you never saw it, or would you keep it a secret? What would you do with it? Use it to gallivant around the galaxy, conquer Earth, get filthy rich, or try to improve life on Earth? Read along and find out how Marc McCormack handles his discovery of a starship. How strives to convert Earth into a spacefaring world capable of defending itself before it meets the other civilizations in the galaxy. His dream, a united Earth at the forefront of an interstellar civilization. He and his brother start planning their next steps, but the one they don’t know how to prepare for is the arrival of Marc’s twelve-year-old daughter. She comes to spend the summer with her father. She’s very smart and extremely curious.Marc and his crew need to accomplish all this without tipping off the U.S. Government and before the Paraxeans come looking for their spaceship. But they have help, the ship’s AI is on their side, and she’s smart. Starship Sakira is the first book in the exciting new adventure series Delphi in Space.
The McCormacks have a starship, now they need a safe place to start harvesting the technology. They’re starting with a place in the Cook Islands, but to succeed they have to avoid spies, figure out how to manufacture the new technology using Earth-based tools, and then introduce it without getting into too much trouble with the governments and big corporations of Earth.
Come read along as they build their team from the initial five to enough to run and protect a city. They’re preparing to take the human race into space, but will they succeed before someone manages to take over their spaceship and technology? And can they finish before the Paraxeans come looking for their spaceship?
After winning the war against the Paraxean rebels, now the McCormacks have to win the peace. Everyone on Earth now knows that they have alien technology that they've been hiding. What changes when they come out into the open? How do they handle their new leadership role on Earth? When lives are threatened they step up, but when they can’t control the situation they have to take a bigger step. Read how the machinations on Earth get in the way of exploring the stars.
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