-
Warship Wednesday: Torpedo Bombing
We’re going to resume Warship Wednesday by talking a bit about torpedo bombing. For those of you who may have stumbled upon this blog due to recent publications or pure happenstance, my primary bread and butter is alternate history. Specifically, my Usurper’s War series. The books of this series focus heavily on naval combat, reflecting an…
-
Pearl Harbor at 80 Years
For those of us of a certain age, it seems like “just yesterday” that we were passing Pearl Harbor’s 50th Anniversary. We had a World War II veteran as President, had seemingly just shook off our “Vietnam Syndrome” with a decisive victory that included the ship on which World War II ended, and several million…
-
Authors Talk History Panel
So as promised in a previous post, here’s the History Talk hosted by H.P. Holo. I think David, Terry, H.P., and I all had a great time!
-
AUTHORS TALK ABOUT HISTORY
This Thursday, 17 December 2020, at 7 PM CST / 8 PM EST, I’m sitting down on a panel with fellow authors Terry Maggert and David Weber and on Zoom. Given David’s story for Trouble in the Wind, I figure this will be a perfect time for someone to ask him about when the alternate Civil War…
-
Against the Tide Imperial Is Live!
At long last, it gives me great pleasure to report Against the Tide Imperial, Book #3 in my Usurper’s War Series, is live! All 400 pages of it!
-
It Is Finished!
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 here in Casa de Young…but that’s a story for another…
-
Ancillary Items–Editors and Illustrators
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 important cover…or two…or now three.) Whenever I talk about indie publishing in…
-
Warship Wednesday–Territories and Mission
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 it’s a lovely series), I’ve never been of the school…
-
Audiobook News, "Surly" Edition
To Slip the Surly Bonds is now available on audiobook here!
