Greetings everyone! Quick note to catch everyone up on some recent happenings in Kansas (Knights! Squires! Guards!) and upcoming shows. Sure it’s not technically a “comic convention in Kansas,” but “Kansas” is in the name!: The Plains, The Plains Did the Great Plains Renaissance Festival in Wichita, KS on 9-10 April. It was good to […]
Music Monday: Year of ’41
As folks here are well aware, I’m a fan of concept albums. Everything from Exodus to Bismarck scratches my historical itch, so you can imagine my amusement at finding out there’s an album for time travel / paradox movies. The happiness quotient went up even more when I found out there’s a song inspired by […]
SEAD for the Weasels!
Greetings all! Popping in really quick to announce the release of Eagles, Ravens, and Other Birds of Prey (Amazon affiliate link). If you were a fan of Barren SEAD, like to read about Wild Weasels, and/or want to get an account of how the USAF got its groove back, now’s your chance! In other news, […]
Music Monday–Auschwitz and Sabaton
The Historian and His Metal Habit Greetings all. Welcome back to another edition of Music Monday. Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with this one. Then “Ye Olde Sentient Ipod” decided for me by randoming to Sabaton’s “Final Solution.” Why did this resonate? Well on 18 January, I went to the Auschwitz Exhibition […]
Warship Museum Hopping Prelude (Warship Wednesday)
That One Summer… Sorry it’s been a bit. Seems like just a blink of the eye I was talking about The Strategic Air Campaign and getting ready to go on a jaunt across the South to visit warship museums. Well the jaunt happened: These are all the museums I visited from 30 May – 7 […]
Pearl Harbor at 80 Years
For those of us of a certain age, it seems like “just yesterday” that we were passing Pearl Harbor’s 50th Anniversary. We had a World War II veteran as President, had seemingly just shook off our “Vietnam Syndrome” with a decisive victory that included the ship on which World War II ended, and several million […]
The Hammer Slams No More (David Drake Is Retiring)
There will be a longer post later. However, as many of you are fellow military sci-fi fans, I thought I’d share the news that David Drake is officially retiring. Mr. Drake has been talking about his declining health for several months, and I am unfortunately unsurprised. I can’t say for certain how long I’ve been reading […]
A New Home
Welcome to the new Jamesyoungauthor.com Blog is currently under construction as I figure out all the new bells and whistles!
The Strategic Bombing Campaign Part VII: Shooters and Targets
Badasses, Part II: The Shooters As discussed in the last segment, in February 1944 General Carl Spaatz and his subordinate, Major General Jimmy Doolittle, decided it was time to take the fight to the Luftwaffe. However, deciding to go kick a whole hostile air force’s rear end was one thing. Getting the right folks to […]
Music Monday–To Valhalla!
Today’s selection is another song by Miracle of Sound. Originally inspired by the latest iteration of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Miracle of Sound put out a harder, metal version that harkens to the TV Show Vikings. https://youtu.be/mh8FZZc6r2o
Come For the Mecha…
If you like mecha, do I have an offer for you: Organized by H.P. Holo , this drawing gives you a chance to win over $70 worth of signed books! Plus, even if you don’t win An Unproven Concept, entrants will be signed up to hear the regular news from some awesome authors. (For fans […]
Music Monday–Loss
Nothing like a good “torch song” to set the mood for a particularly painful scene while writing. Sometimes you just need the utter tear jerker to frame giving a main character the proverbial shiv. That leads us to today’s Music Monday selection, which is “Without You” (no, not that one) by Ursine Vulpine and Annaca. I […]