tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7836599933411610752023-11-15T22:32:23.158-08:00Donald G. FiresmithMy professional and personal blog.Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-61103279282370683372016-06-09T04:21:00.002-07:002016-06-09T04:21:52.341-07:00Researching for Hell Holes 3: To Hell and Back<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span data-offset-key="6ute6-0-0"><span data-text="true">Writing Hell Holes 3: To Hell and Back, which involves taking a nuclear bomb to the Demon home world to destroy the portal complex being used to invade Earth. Spent the last couple of nights researching on the Internet. I have decided on what bomb to use (B61-Mod12), what yield to use (5 kilotons), how to turn it into a man-portable "suitcase" bomb, what the bomb's pre-flight controller (computer) looks like, and how to modify/reprogram it so that it can work as a timed bomb. Very interesting stuff; it's amazing what you can find on the Internet. Think I'm probably going to have that part of the book reviewed to ensure I didn't accidentally include any classified information (just because it's on the Internet doesn't mean it's not classified). Still, realism rocks when writing apocalyptic science fiction!</span></span></div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-7690390053849750732016-04-18T09:36:00.002-07:002016-04-18T09:37:00.887-07:00Goodreads Giveaway of 2 autographed copies of Hell Holes: What Lurks Below<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-offset-key="hlu2-0-0"><span data-text="true">As part of my promotion of the June 1st publication of Hell Holes (Book 2): Demons on the Dalton, I have started a Goodreads giveaway of 2 paperback copies of the first book in the series, Hell Holes: What Lurks Below. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28425525-hell-holes </span></span></div>
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Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-57349071831266741012016-04-10T07:44:00.003-07:002016-04-10T07:44:29.962-07:00FREE AUTOGRAPHED BOOK CONTEST!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-offset-key="ad4u9-0-0"><span data-text="true">Please join my Thunderclap Internet flash mob promoting and celebrating the June 1st publication of Hell Holes (Book 2): Demons on the Dalton. Please click on https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/39724-hh-demons-on-the-dalton and then select Facebook, Twitter, and/or Tumblr. (You may have to scroll down a ways on a tablet or smart phone.) That's all you have to do. I have a little less than a month to get 95 more people to join my flash mob. So please join with me and also share this post. If I get the required 100 people to join, I will give an autographed copy of the book to 5 of the people who sign up.</span></span></div>
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Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-38111353839425038082016-03-07T18:26:00.002-08:002016-03-07T18:26:17.445-08:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have my author website up and running. That is where I am now posting
all my blog entries. I will keep this Facebook Author page for a while,
but you should consider switching to <a href="http://donaldfiresmith.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://donaldfiresmith.com</a></div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-28782234285955616742016-02-26T07:39:00.002-08:002016-02-26T07:39:32.806-08:00Write a review and get book 2 free.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span data-offset-key="d6ms8-0-0"><span data-text="true">Just a reminder that my book Hell Holes: What Lurks Below can still be downloaded free from Smashwords for then next four days. <a href="https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/608355">https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/608355</a> Anyone who posts a book review can receive a free early download of the second book, Hell Holes: Demons on the Dalton when it is published in the next 3-4 months. Just send me a link to your review, and you'll be one of the first to find out what happens after the cliff hanger at the end of book one.</span></span></div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-46189586710721364302016-02-26T07:28:00.002-08:002016-02-26T07:28:44.016-08:00New Official Author Website<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have just started an official author website. I still have lots of content to add and work on the look and feel, but it is where you should go to get the latest information on my writing.<br />
<a href="http://donaldfiresmith.com/">http://donaldfiresmith.com</a></div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-4603280025653214852016-02-26T07:26:00.001-08:002016-02-26T07:26:05.707-08:00Book Spotlight on A.F. Stewart's Blog: Are you Afraid of the Dark?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-offset-key="ec6fh-0-0"><span data-text="true">Fantasy and Horror author AF Stewart just posted a book spotlight on my book Hell Holes: What Lurks Below. Please check out her blog.</span></span></div>
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Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-33479302434575599642015-08-22T06:42:00.001-07:002015-08-22T06:42:21.771-07:00Started my Second Hell Hole Book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span data-offset-key="ap434-0-0" data-reactid=".0.1.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$ap434.0:$ap434-0-0"><span data-reactid=".0.1.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$ap434.0:$ap434-0-0.0">Started working on my second Hell Holes book. This one is going to be a full novel rather than a novella and will begin at the first book's ending cliffhanger. I have their escape route researched all the way to Fairbanks and I've largely decided what happens where along the way. I finally started writing a couple of evenings ago, and I'm up to page 11 so far. Hope to write another ten pages this weekend. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="8g5lh-0-0" data-reactid=".0.1.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8g5lh.0:$8g5lh-0-0"><span data-reactid=".0.1.0.1.0.0.$editor0.0.0.$8g5lh.0:$8g5lh-0-0.0">For those of you who haven't entered the Amazon.com drawing to win a free copy of the first book, the deadline is midnight tonight Pacific Daylight Time. <a href="https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/c11353ecb65cd0bc">https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/c11353ecb65cd0bc</a></span></span></div>
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Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-74119853305420074842014-04-12T14:30:00.000-07:002014-04-12T16:58:28.403-07:00Magical Wands - A Cornucopia of Wand Lore<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My first fiction book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1497311225" target="_blank">Magical Wands - A Cornucopia of Wand Lore</a>, and is available in both paperback and Kindle eBook. I have always loved reading fantasy books, and when I saw the first Harry Potter movie when Harry and Hagrid enter Diagon Alley and buy his text books, I thought that would be so cool and thought that it would be great to read the textbooks. About a year ago, I decided to go ahead and write one. Not for Hogwarts but for The Isles of Skye School of Magick. I invented a back story to explain how the book was to published for us mundanes (muggles) to buy and read. It sort of took on a life of its own and turned out about four times longer than I had planned. Still, I think it came out pretty well, and it does have some things that you won't find in your typical New Age mystical magic book. Enjoy.</div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-15336529356512697442013-11-11T08:19:00.000-08:002013-11-11T08:19:09.736-08:00New SEI Blog post on Using V Models for Testing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="userContent">I just had an entry titled "Using V Models for Testing" posted on the SEI Blog; http://<a href="http://blog.sei.cmu.edu/post.cfm/using-v-models-testing-315" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://blog.sei.cmu.edu/post.cfm/using-v-models-testing-315</a> <br /> <br /> It is based on my book "Common System and Software Testing Pitfalls" that will be published<span class="text_exposed_show"> December 20th by Addison-Wesley as part of their SEI series. It is available for pre-order from Amazon at http://<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Common-Testing-Pitfalls-Prevent-Mitigate/dp/0133748553" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/Common-Testing-Pitfalls-Prevent-Mitigate/dp/0133748553</a></span></span></div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-91663706623089679022013-10-18T09:29:00.002-07:002013-10-18T09:29:42.344-07:00Supplimental resource for my latest book<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: small;">My most recent book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Common-System-Software-Testing-Pitfalls/dp/0133748553/ref=la_B001HQ006A_1_4" rel="nofollow">Common System and Software Testing Pitfalls</a>,
lists 92 commonly occurring pitfalls organized into 14 different
categories. With so many testing pitfalls, this taxonomy of testing
pitfalls is quite comprehensive. However in spite of its size, it is
also quite likely
that addition pitfalls and even missing categories of pitfalls will be
identified over time as testers read this book and compare it to their
personal
experiences. Because additions to books only appear in future editions every few years, I have decided to provide a web page
where you can read about major additions and modifications
to this taxonomy of pitfalls. Check out the Common Testing Pitfalls web page on my personal website: <a href="http://donald.firesmith.net/home/common-testing-pitfalls" target="_blank">http://donald.firesmith.net/home/common-testing-pitfalls</a></span></div>
Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-20636297638841355882013-10-05T16:45:00.001-07:002013-10-05T16:45:27.017-07:00Common System and Software Testing Pitfalls<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I hope to finish adding my final changes to the manuscript for my next book this weekend and send it off to my copy editor tomorrow night. It is currently scheduled for publication by <a href="http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/Imprints/Addison-Wesley/" target="_blank">Addison-Wesley</a> as part of their SEI-series at the end of December. You can see the book and preorder it from Amazon.com at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Common-Testing-Pitfalls-Prevent-Mitigate/dp/0133748553/ref=la_B001HQ006A_1_2" target="_blank">Common System and Software Testing Pitfalls</a>.<br />
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Donald Firesmithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06002442328327068171noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-783659993341161075.post-67412824549902777082013-10-05T16:31:00.000-07:002013-10-05T16:31:30.422-07:00Greetings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Welcome to my initial blog post. Although I have posted to other blogs such as the one at the <a href="http://sei.cmu.edu/" target="_blank">Software Engineering Institute (SEI)</a>, this is my first personal blog. I hope to be posting short entries every week or so on both technical and personal topics. If you have a topic you would like to have me post on, please let me know.</div>
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