About Joseph Picard: B.C. Lower mainlander since 1992, Joseph has always tinkered with art, music, and writing. He chose to focus primarily on writing in the early 2000s, and his short stories have since evolved into character-driven novels of science-fiction and broader speculative fiction. In 2001, he found out that cars are harder than mountain bikes, and has been a paraplegic ever since. Miraculously, this has not altered his career arc as a quarterback, basketball star, pole-dancer, or … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Joseph Picard
Watching Yute by Joseph Picard
Her new girlfriend, Her new desert posting, Her new fight against a microscopic spy, violent criminals, -and herself. A year after the events of 'Lifehack', strict anti-nanite laws have made life difficult for those in the business. Lieutenant Cassidy Stanton gets a 'dear jane' message from her girlfriend. When she's offered a new post with the Yute temple honour guard, she sees it as a way to make a fresh start. Settling into the unusually casual base, she eventually finds … [Read more...] about Watching Yute by Joseph Picard
Lifehack by Joseph Picard
This book promotion starts - 07/11/2013 at midnight PST and ends at 11:59 pm on 12/31/2033. If the dates are the same that means the book promotion is one day only. Regan has her ups and downs. - Dumping her girlfriend: Down. - Moving in with her loving brother: Up. - Waking up to a plague of undead: REALLY down. After the undead began roaming the neighborhood, Regan lost track of her brother. She's spent the last two years searching for him. In the meantime, she's fallen in love, … [Read more...] about Lifehack by Joseph Picard
Joseph Picard Author Interview
Sci-fi author Joseph Picard joins BookGoodies host Deborah Carney to discuss his journey from writer to publication as well as his current projects. From Joseph: I've been fumbling with self-pub for roughly a decade, when it was becoming apparent I had a novel on my hands. After looking into (but venturing into) the tedium of submitting to traditional publishers, self-pub seemed the way to go. But of course, it's not all simple, and there's a lot of scams (and plain bad deals) out there to … [Read more...] about Joseph Picard Author Interview
Echoes of Erebus by Joseph Picard
Sarah's got daddy issues. He lived in her head, built her out of fish, and killed millions of people. But he's really sorry. Honest. A father that lives in your head wouldn't be so bad if he wasn't the killer of millions. At least it’s comforting to know that he didn't murder the fishes used to create your body. Or the seagull. Sarah hides her illegal nanite origins in an effort to build an ordinary life, but the legacy of dad's horrors makes it difficult. Especially when new but … [Read more...] about Echoes of Erebus by Joseph Picard
Lifehack by Joseph Picard
She lost her brother. She learnt to fight a legion of the dead. She spent two years alone, scavenging to survive. Then to make things difficult, she fell in love with a straight girl. Regan Grier, assumed dead, faces a city of walking corpses in which she struggles to find her brother. Her hopeless efforts meet some unsolicited help after two years. Enter Captain Alisia Terone. Intent on rescuing Regan from the city, she stumbles on an unforeseen hazard: Regan's love. Regan's problems … [Read more...] about Lifehack by Joseph Picard
