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-C-R-O-S-L-E-Y- Two Brothers and a Business Empire that Transformed the Nation (Hardcover, Clerisy Press, 2006)

The eBay Survival Guide (No Starch Press, 2005 click here to buy this book)

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How to Become a Full-Time Freelance Writer: Road Map to Your Writing Career (Kalmbach Books, 2003, editions in 12 languages)

Web Psychos, Stalkers, and Pranksters: How to Protect Yourself in Cyberspace (Coriolis, 1997. Editions in 3 languages)


PC Confidential (Sybex Books, 2000. Editions in 14 languages)

Second Stage: Advanced Model Rocketry (Kalmbach Books, 1992)

The Modem Reference (Simon & Schuster/Brady, 1992)

Word Processing Secrets for Writers (Writer's Digest Books, 1989)
Understanding Science Fiction (Silver Burdett/Scott, Foresman, 1982 [now Addison-Wesley])

Hobby Books:

Countdown: The Complete Guide to Model Rocketry (TAB Books, 1984)
Second Stage: Advanced Model Rocketry (Kalmbach Books, 1985)
The Rocket Book (with Robert Cannon/Prentice Hall Press, 1985)
Advanced Model Rocketry, 2nd edition (Kalmbach Books, 1998)

Novels:

Mercenary from Tomorrow (with Mack Reynolds, Baen Books, 1986)
Sweet Dreams, Sweet Princes (with Mack Reynolds, 1986)
Rogue Bolo (ghost-written, as "by Keith Laumer," 1987)

DELPHI: The Official Guide (Brady Books/Simon & Schuster, 1987)
The Modem Reference (Brady Books/Simon & Schuster, 1988)
Word Processing Secrets for Writers (Writer's Digest Books, 1989)
Getting the Most Out of DeskMate 3 (Tandy Corp./Brady Books/Simon & Schuster, October, 1989.)
Understanding FAX and E-mail (Howard W. Sams & Co., 1989)

Comprendiendo FAX y Correro Electronico (Edicions HASA, 1990)
Revised edition of DELPHI: The Official Guide (GVC, 1989)
Revised and expanded 2nd edition of Getting the Most Out of DeskMate 3 (Nov., 1990)
Revised and expanded 2nd edition of The Modem Reference (1991)
The Windows Shareware Book (John Wiley & Sons, 1992)
The WordPerfect Shareware Book (John Wiley & Sons, 1992)

Revised 3rd edition of DELPHI: The Official Guide (GVC, 1989)
Pournelle's PC Communications Bible (w/ Jerry Pournelle, Microsoft Press, 1992)
Portable Communications (Brady Books/Simon & Schuster (1992)
Revised and expanded 3rd edition of The Modem Reference (1993)

Portable Power (Brady Books/Simon & Schuster, 1993)
Getting it Done with PROCOMM PLUS Version 3 (Wiley, 1994)
Comprendido FAX y Correo Electronico (Spanish-language edition of FAX book, 1994)
CompuServe for Windows (MIS:Press/Henry Holt & Co., July, 1994)
One-Stop CompuServe for Windows (MIS:Press, November, 1995)
Web Psychos, Stalkers, and Pranksters: How to Protect Yourself in Cyberspace (The Coriolis Group/International Thomson, 1997)
The Internet Unplugged (Pemberton Press, 1997)
The Modem Reference, all-new 4th edition (Online Inc., 2000)
PC Confidential (Sybex Books, 2000. Editions in 14 languages)
Web Psychos & Other Horror Stories on the Net (Infoage Publishing)
The eBay Survival Manual (No Starch Press, October, 2005)
Consumer Product Training and Applications Books:

reQuest Database Training Manual (1984)
Computer Novel Construction Set User Guide (Hayden Books, 1985)
Gateway User Manual (Pryority Software, 1985)
Wizard War User Manual (Baen Software, 1983)
EL-6300 Pocket Computer User Guide (Sharp Electronics, 1985)
EL-6300 Applications Handbook (Sharp Electronics, 1985)
CBT course & manual in UNIX network administration (USAF, 1987)
EL-5200 Graphic/Scientific Calculator User Guide (Sharp Electronics, 1988)
EL-5200 Applications Handbook (Sharp Electronics, 1988)
The New Norton Guides Handbook (Brady Books/Simon & Schuster, 1990)

Ultraheroes/Be an Interplanetary Spy #9 (Bantam Books, 1984)
Several of these books have been translated into Chinese, Danish, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Russian, and Spanish

 

BOOKS (Contributor) I have contributed chapters to a number of books on writing published by Writer's Digest Books, including:

How to Write Tales of Horror, Science Fiction & Fantasy (1988)
Handbook of Short Story Writing, Vol. II (1988)
The Writer's Companion (1990)
The Writer's Digest Guide to Word Processing (1985)
The Writer's Encyclopedia (1996)

Fiction Writer's Market (1985, 1986, and 1987 editions)
Novel & Short Story Writer's Market (1989 edition)
Poet's Market (1987 edition)
Programmer's Market (1985 and 1986 editions)
Songwriter's Market (1987 edition)
Writer's Market (1984, 1985, 1986, and 1992 editions)
A Beginner's Guide to Getting Published (2nd edition, 1994)
The SF & Fantasy Writer's Resource Guide (1995)
The Writer's Handbook, 2004 (2003)
Other books to which I've contributed:

The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (Crown, 1977)
The Right College (Arco, 1990)
PC Protection: The Complete PC Security Resource (Bantam, 1989)
Kaigai Tsushin: A Guide to International Modem Access (Shoueisha, Ltd., Japan, 1989)
Networks in America (Shoueisha, Ltd., Japan, 1989)

 

Author of more than 2,000 magazine and newspaper articles, essays, etc. In addition, I have written for a variety of general- and special-interest publications, ranging from Antique Week, History Magazine, The Writer, Writer's Digest and Science Digest, to Byte, OMNI, Stamp World, Starlog, Cincinnati Magazine, Traces of Indiana History, Radio and Grit magazines. I have written for in-house publications and trade journals such as the United States Air Force's Cryptologic Command Newsletter, and Visual Merchandising & Store Design. My work has also been published in a number of daily newspapers, including the Cincinnati Enquirer, Tampa Tribune, the Albuquerque Journal, and the Columbus Dispatch. I have contributed biographical sketches to History Magazine and other publications on individuals such as Powel Crosley, Jr. aviatrix Ruth Nichols, E. Haldeman-Julius, Martin Caidin, Earl "Madman" Muntz, Eugene F. MacDonald, Hugo Gernsback, and others.

 

Have been a Correspondent for Writer's Digest, and a contributing editor for CMP Publications' Windows Magazine, and for Connect magazine. Have also served as a columnist and Contributing Editor for Analog Computing, Computer Shopper, PC Laptops, PCM Magazine, ST Magazine, Japan's Pasokom Tsushin and SF magazines, and Fantasy Modeling.

 

Author of several dozen science fiction, fantasy, and detective short stories. These have appeared in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, and other magazines in the U.S. Several have been reprinted in anthologies, and most have been reprinted in magazines in Japan, Spain, Argentina, and other Latin American countries.

 

Technical editing and book manuscript and proposal evaluations (non-fiction and fiction) for McGraw-Hill, Brady Books, Writer's Digest Books, Academic Press, Baen Books, Miller-Freeman, and others. Short fiction manuscript criticism and editing as a freelance staff member of Writer's Digest School. Helped design current fiction and non-fiction writing courses. Associate editor of Far Frontiers (later, New Destinies) a quarterly science fiction/fact magazine. (1987/1988) Acquisitions and content editing for various book publishers.

 

Courses and workshops in writing for publication, Internet safety, or computer use for:

Miami University of Ohio
University of Cincinnati
University of Northern Kentucky
University of South Florida
University of Wisconsin
Various city police departments
Training groups and individuals in the use of personal computers, software, and mini-computers. Consulting with corporations in the purchase, setup, and employee training of personal computer and telecommunications hardware and software. Designing and managing online "information products" and databases. Writing ads, brochures, and sales material for book publishers and other organizations.

 

Comware
McGraw-Hill
O'Gara-/Hess & Eisenhardt
Pocket Books
Procter & Gamble
Sharp Electronics
SmallTownPapers, Inc.
Tandy Corp.
Writer's Digest Books