So independent author to independent author, let’s talk about social media. In case you haven’t noticed (HA!), there’s been a lot of angst over social media as of late. As in, multiple folks are being downright vehement on whether some sites deserve patronage at all. Uh…do y’all want to make money? Because unless anyone is […]
Music Monday–Jonathan Davis Channels His Inner Vampire
Well hello ever– *coughing fit from dust ensues* Whoa– *sneezing fit follows* Okay, so I know it’s been a bit since I did one of these. But in the interest of the new folks getting to know my playlists (and me) a little better, I figured I’d try to start this back up. Long time […]
Writer’s Wrap Up With David Alan Lucas
My friend and fellow author David Alan Lucas was kind enough to invite me to do an interview on his website. We got to talking about military sci-fi and a certain alternate history series. An avid martial artist, David is also working on a genre blender sci-fi piece. I won’t steal his thunder (he talks […]
Your Sky Is Our Sky…: The Strategic Bombing Campaign Part VI
You ever get a little distracted working on other projects (i.e., 3 anthologies and a full novel) and neglect an earlier project? Until I looked at the dates, there was no way I thought it’d been a over a year since I last wrote on air combat (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part […]
In Indie Publishing, You Make Your Own Luck
The great thing about social networks is I get to meet and interact with some of the most interesting people. KR Paul is one of those folks. I’m not even going to try relaying all her story and credentials. I am, however, going to reblog her post about how she got published, because it’s a […]
Authors Talk History Panel
So as promised in a previous post, here’s the History Talk hosted by H.P. Holo. I think David, Terry, H.P., and I all had a great time!
AUTHORS TALK ABOUT HISTORY
This Thursday, 17 December 2020, at 7 PM CST / 8 PM EST, I’m sitting down on a panel with fellow authors Terry Maggert and David Weber and on Zoom. Given David’s story for Trouble in the Wind, I figure this will be a perfect time for someone to ask him about when the alternate Civil War […]
Against the Tide Imperial Is Live!
At long last, it gives me great pleasure to report Against the Tide Imperial, Book #3 in my Usurper’s War Series, is live! All 400 pages of it!
Legends of the fall
For old school fans of TF 1942 and various other World War II games, here is an update from the folks at Task Force Admiral. I’m glad to see that the game is getting a modern reboot, as I spent many hours playing the original. Really looking forward to carrier ops in the South Pacific. […]
A Million Words?
This comes up occasionally, based mainly on David Eddings admonition to “Write a million words…then throw it all away…”. His quote is at the beginning of this article, and oft quoted elsewhere (like by Draft2Digital, the self publication site). I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again–I don’t think there’s a magic number. With […]
It Is Finished!
Against the Tide Imperial is complete! As my editors have been working concurrently, I’ll start updating with their revisions this week, with hopes to get the book up within the next 60 days. Of course, this is dependent on Murphy, who has been working overtime here in Casa de Young…but that’s a story for another […]
Big Historical Find
For those of you familiar with the Pacific Theater, Admiral Chester Nimitz’s “Graybook” is available online in all its .pdf glory. For those less familiar, this is basically Admiral Nimitz’s complete war diary from assumption of command until victory of Japan. Go check it out if you get a chance. Also, had to take a […]