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  • 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.

  • The Strategic Bombing Campaign Part V: The North American “Barndoors”

    This is a continuation of Strategic Bombing Part IV Barndoors (a.k.a., Airframes) As bad as the pilot differential was, Adolf Galland might have still been able to cobble together a defense even with tired airframes and exhausted pilots.  That is, Galland might have been able to do it if Germany’s numerous strategic miscues hadn’t come…

  • Planet Comic Con 2019

    Just received my table location for Planet Comic Con, which will be held 29-31 March 2019 in Kansas City at Bartle Hall.  Anita C. Young and I are at tables 2338 / 2340 in the main hall.  Come on down and see us to pick up a book and grab some art!

  • The Strategic Bombing Campaign Part IV: Biplanes, Barndoors, and Badasses

    It’s been awhile.  Sorry about that, there was a little matter of a dissertation, a book, and an anthology.  For those who are new to the blog, I regularly talk about air warfare as a category, starting with 1914 and moving up through World War II so far.  Last time I talked about daylight bombing,…

  • Metal Monday Returns!

    *coughs on dust*  So it’s funny going back and finding the number of times I’ve tried to update the “Metal Monday” program.  I will say, in the dark ages of trying to get things done, that became one of the “things that could go away.” So we’re going to try and do this again.  😀 …

  • The Butcher and the Hamburg Delusion (Strategic Bombing Campaign III)

    So when last we mentioned the British, they were busy creating the world’s first man made firestorm over Hamburg. Now, if I left it at that, you’d have the impression the British had broken the code, enjoyed success, and basically wondered why the Americans were being stubborn. Well, in the name of Monica, Nuremberg, and…

  • Writer Resource

    Friend and fellow author J. R. Frontera has started cohosting a podcast. It’s aimed to helping indie authors who are parents with tips. I know this is approaching from an entirely different axis than your humble narrator (whose kids are furry), but I figure it may utility for readers of this blog.

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