by jamesyoung | Aug 24, 2016 | Warship Wednesday
BATTLECRUISERS (BC) Battlecruisers are allegedly big enough to kill anything they cannot run away from in sublight space, fast enough to run away from anything that can kill them, and capable of wreaking havoc amongst commerce in an interstellar conflict. BCs are...
by jamesyoung | Aug 22, 2016 | Music Monday
So I’ve got a few songs that I play on steady rotation. Today’s Metal Monday is one of them–Sabaton’s “Carolus Rex.” I’m not saying the guy was crazy…but I think the king was a little crazy. Not George III mad, but...
by jamesyoung | Aug 21, 2016 | Con(vention) Life, Writing Business
Susanne Lambdin and I do a regular panel we call “Strategy and Tactics of Novel Writing.” Inevitably we figure some poor sods come in thinking we’re going to talk military stuff. For you folks, we are sorry. For everyone else, don’t be...
by jamesyoung | Aug 18, 2016 | Writing Business
So several of my friends accuse me regularly of writing what they call “crack fic.” Sometimes this is an exercise to shut the muses up temporarily, as there’s a riot going on while I’m trying to edit. Other times, someone will just throw me a...
by jamesyoung | Aug 17, 2016 | Warship Wednesday
BATTLESHIPS (BB) Maulers. MoWs (Manifestations of Wrath). Death Castles. While the Carrier faction speaks of their ability to destroy entire systems, Line officers point out that battleships have actually gone out and done it. Although not impervious to modern...
