Scott Sigler Slices

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SLICES: Author Gets Rights Back with Nicholas Sansbury Smith

August 02, 2026

Prolific action bestseller Nicholas Sansbury Smith recently reclaimed the rights to his Extinction Cycle series. With new covers and new content, he’s ready to relaunch the property. But what is the story behind those rights? Who had them? Why did NSS want to move on, and how did he get those rights back? As indie writers sell their properties to bigger houses, this issue will pop up more and more. Scott Sigler discusses the issue with one of publishing’s most interesting entrepreneurs.&nbs...

SLICES: GFL VII News!

July 28, 2026

Scott’s Galactic Football League series has expanded from five books to nine books, but that’s old news. What’s the new news? GFL Book VII, currently untitled, has been completed! Scott submitted the final draft last week, and it’s currently in production.  First step is a copy edit, and the whole process can take up to six more months, but we’re this much closer to the next installment for Quentin, Becca, John, Ju, and the rest of the team.  Let’s shucking go!   — Slices ...

SLICES: The Book Tour That Went Horribly Wrong

July 26, 2026

When Random House published Infected back in 2007, Scott’s lifelong dreams of being published by one of the big-time publishing houses came true.  But on the very first day of the book tour, the radio tour? Disaster strikes in the form of … checks notes … cookies?  One never knows how their dreams come true, or even if they do. But one also never expects puke buckets to be involved.  — Slices is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs — Produced by Steve Riekeberg — Produ...