by jamesyoung | Oct 12, 2020 | Alternate History, Usurper's War, Writing Business
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...
by jamesyoung | Sep 17, 2020 | Warship Wednesday
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...
by jamesyoung | Aug 13, 2020 | Air Warfare, Sales!, Writing Business
So, you know how sometimes you figure out you’re going to do something in a few months, set all the conditions, and then think “Of course I’ll remember that!”? Come to find out, when there’s a pandemic, cancer scare, and various other...
by jamesyoung | Jul 8, 2020 | Admin, Con(vention) Life, Promotions and Interviews, Sales!, Writing Business
This Saturday, I will be presenting on Writer’s Research for the St. Louis Writer’s Guild. You can join for free via Zoom. I’m basically going to talk about how to do historical research and also chase down various things about writing. ...
by jamesyoung | May 26, 2020 | Con(vention) Life, Promotions and Interviews, Sales!
So a thing about the Con(vention) business is you gradually develop a family. One of the really good folks in the fam, Dorothy Grant (spouse of the indomitable Peter), took up the writing gig a relatively short time ago. Her latest book is out now on Amazon, and...
by jamesyoung | May 12, 2020 | Alternate History, Writing Business
Why Editors and Illustrators Are Important Editors and illustrators are the most important pieces of indie publishing next to the author themselves. (Edit: No, I’m not just saying that because I’m married to an artist who has also done a rather...
by jamesyoung | Apr 8, 2020 | Warship Wednesday
As you guys may have noticed, I am completely willing to lean on the works of others. With that in mind, for today’s discussion, we’ll talk about a topic which as absorbed much ink: decks. Specifically, armored vs. unarmored iterations thereof. So,...
by jamesyoung | Apr 2, 2020 | Air Warfare
Come friends, I’d like to provide a resource regarding one of aviation buffs favorite questions: “Which was better, the Zero or the Spitfire?” Note: Well yes, I know that’s actually an Oscar catching the business from one Adam Haynes above. ...
by jamesyoung | Mar 31, 2020 | Con(vention) Life, Sales!
Just popping in here briefly to inform everyone of another postponement. Soonercon, originally scheduled for June, is now postponing to June 25-27, 2021. As I’ve been doing to help ease the pain for most conventions, I’ve merely asked to have my vendor...
by jamesyoung | Mar 18, 2020 | Alternate History, Usurper's War, Warship Wednesday
If you ever wonder just how crazy things got towards the end of the Washington Naval Treaty, look no further than the Alaska-class large cruisers. I’m going to let the always excellent Drachnifel give a quick rundown of the vessels here: Unlike the poster (and...
