To Slip the Surly Bonds is now available on audiobook here!
Air Warfare
Warship Wednesday–Death of a Prince
It is my intent to do a 2019 Year In Review blog post at some point before the end of the month. Until then, feel free to read some in-depth analysis of the Prince of Wales‘ loss. Much like reading an autopsy report will tell you quite a bit about how the human body fails, this […]
Review of Midway (2019 Film)
I’ve been plugging away on Against the Tide Imperial most of November for Nano. I was amidst the Kido Butai engaging four of the Royal Navy’s carriers in the Indian Ocean when my memory jogged: I never reviewed Midway despite intending to right after seeing it. This, folks, is called “Nano-brain,” in which other tasks seem to fall […]
Some people need no introduction…
”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 Pact” during the next world war. Along the way we see […]
Now It Can Be Told
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 editing an alternate history anthology with S.M. Stirling in it?”, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Dire Straits
Often time in a book, the mood needs to be set that this action is what the whole book hinges on. Today’s music selection is my go to track with regard to getting myself into that mindset for my characters. Plus, I also love Hans Zimmer. 😀 [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3iAzdbg3mo&w=560&h=315]
At the Sharp End
This was the runner up for last week’s Memorial Day edition of Metal Monday. Like Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold has done a lot to support members of the Armed Forces by putting in their time with tours. “Danger Line” is a pretty intense song about a soldier’s last moments and the chaos of […]
We Have A Cover!
For the next Phases of Mars anthology: Yep, that’ll do! Pretty excited about the line up we have–this should go very well.