by jamesyoung | Nov 26, 2019 | Usurper's War, Writing Business
Figured I’d perchance save loyal readers some gumshoe work down the road if they ever want to do a World War II story: You can find ONI drawings for World War II references (like for your cartographer to draw ship outlines) here. This is a good time zone...
by jamesyoung | Nov 11, 2019 | Admin, Con(vention) Life, Music Monday, Sales!, Usurper's War, Writing Business
So it’s been a bit since I’ve updated the blog. I figured I’d hit some of the high points of the last couple of weeks: Attended the Ozark Book Con down in Fayetteville this past weekend as a vendor. First year event with all that entails, but had...
by jamesyoung | Oct 23, 2019 | Air Warfare, Promotions and Interviews, Warship Wednesday
”Those in Peril presents some intriguing concepts by reshuffling naval history’s deck of cards. The US and Royal navies on opposite sides in World War I, and contending along our east coast 10 years later. Then the U.S. allied with Japan in “The Oahu...
by jamesyoung | Oct 21, 2019 | Con(vention) Life, Sales!
Teagan was the winner of our Cincinnati Comic Expo Drawing, snagging one of Anita C. Young’s “Foxy” 9x12s. Requested happy merchandise winner photo below! If you want to get a print for yourself, feel free to go to Anita’s website or our Etsy...
by jamesyoung | Oct 13, 2019 | Air Warfare, Promotions and Interviews, Writing Business
So for about two months now, I’ve been having to sit on the line up for Trouble In The Wind. Behold, the magnificence of the headliners… If someone had told me when this whole indie thing got started, “Hey, you know someday you’re going to be...
by jamesyoung | Sep 23, 2019 | Music Monday
So I didn’t realize it’s been almost three years since Korn graced a Metal Monday. (Man I wish the sound system had been better for the Topeka concerts.) So, without further ado, we’re going to go back…way back. 😀 Apparently Jonathan Davis...
by jamesyoung | Sep 17, 2019 | Con(vention) Life, Sales!
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...
by jamesyoung | Sep 16, 2019 | Air Warfare, Con(vention) Life, Music Monday, Sales!
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...
by jamesyoung | Sep 13, 2019 | Air Warfare, Sales!, Usurper's War
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...
by jamesyoung | Sep 9, 2019 | Music Monday
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...
