So I’ll be doing Cincinnati Comic Con 20-22 September. The general floor plan is below: Booth #520, my digs, is zoomed in on in the following pic: I hope to see some of y’all there! I love meeting fans in the wild, and this will be my first time in Ohio! Provided Amazon doesn’t […]
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Music Monday: A Classic Gets the Epic Treatment and Some News
It’s the third Monday, and you know what that means–SCORE DAY! A big trend in trailer music lately has been to update classic, recognizable songs and give them the “Epic” treatment (i.e., soaring instrumentals and drum tracks). If you can hear the “Trailer Voice” guy narrating your book trailer to one of these songs, that’s […]
It's Time to Get A Little Surly!
To Slip the Surly Bonds has gone live on Amazon. This was a long time coming, but all the hard work has paid off. There’s an exclusive Taylor Anderson short story in here, a whole bunch of award-winning authors, a story from your humble narrator involving P-38s on Guadalcanal…yeah, it’s worth the price of admission. […]
Metal Monday: The Last of the Romanovs [sic]
One of the more romanticized hoaxes of the 20th Century was that of Anastasia Romanov. Basically, for those who are unfamiliar (and don’t want to click on the link), there were numerous women who claimed to be Tsar Nicholas II’s youngest daughter. While their versions of survival differ, all basically rested on the fact that […]
An Interesting Take on Procrastination
I think procrastination is the bane of most authors. Having carved out time to write, cleared the calendar, it is all too easy to lose a couple hours on social media or “just one more turn”-ing it through a computer game. Apparently there’s a study out that shows this may not be “You’re a bad […]
Metal Monday: Exodus and Metal…
So fans of the blog may remember I’ve mentioned how heavy metal lends itself well to certain historical events. You know, things like Biblical Plagues. Well today on Metal Monday, we’re going back to the well. Folks who were around in the 1990s might remember The Prince of Egypt. One of the musical numbers covered […]
EJECT! EJECT! EJECT!
Sometimes old videos make a person look at things in different ways: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09DckvwFrXY&w=560&h=315] While I haven’t gotten there yet, this video does make me think differently about jet combat in the Usurper’s War universe. Without giving away spoilers, there will be a pseudo-Cold War in the aftermath of the in universe World War […]
Music Monday–It's Epic!
This is another song I’ll put on heavy rotation when it’s time to get some writing done. From the “Epic Score” stable of composers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh8ERImE-d8&w=560&h=315]
Music Monday-Sabaton Rides Again
Sorry I let this lapse—things got kind of hectic in editing To Slip The Surly Bonds. Which, by the way, has completed editing, is with Chris Kennedy Publishing for layout, and is expected to drop on 13 September. Which is why I picked today’s song. “But wait, wasn’t Those In Peril the naval alternate history?”–Peanut […]
Constant Scrutiny
So I forgot about this being mentioned in a panel while at Libertycon. Yes, as Cedar says, if you’re in a group that seems at all sketchy, get out most ricky tick. The ‘Zon has been really cracking down on trying to find people gaming their system. From all appearances they may be indeed using […]
Shapes and Such
So while I’m busy editing To Slip the Surly Bonds‘ entries, here’s something else for your reading pleasure: Shapes, Part I: The Shape of Airpower Note that his opinions and experiences with naysaying the airframe reflect many of my own with regards to the F-35. (Neither the author’s opinions nor mine reflect official DoD policy. Nor […]
The One Time Mussolini and Ghandi…
…both got mentioned in the same song. In Living Colour’s classic “Cult of Personality” is both lyrical gold and cautionary tale: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0&w=560&h=315]