by jamesyoung | Sep 29, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes, Writing Business
Part III continues. If you’ve just started following this blog, Part I can be found here. Weather Mountain, VA 0800 Local (0700 Central) “Sir, they’re all here,” Star-Colonel Sir Conrad Bradstock, Knight of the Bath to Queen Elizabeth I, said quietly. The...
by jamesyoung | Sep 16, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes
The title pretty much says it all. I’ll do a little more commentary at the end. Let the dogfighting begin… Chapter 2 James saw two MiG-25 Foxbat fighters descend on a damaged B-52 like hyenas on a carcass and cursed, unable to do anything at the moment. ...
by jamesyoung | Sep 8, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes
So after the events of The Vladivostok Thing, World War III basically went poorly for the Soviets in my World War III. How bad? Well long story short, the United States and NATO committed to a counteroffensive that speared into East Germany, Poland and Hungary rose...
by jamesyoung | Sep 3, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes, Writing Business
It was 2003. For two years, I had been working on this great idea for a story where aliens come to Earth, seeking humanity’s help in dealing with a rabid, angry race of cat-lizards that enjoyed eating intelligent species’ flesh and soul. Having been at...
by jamesyoung | Sep 2, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes
This post will conclude the Vladivostok thing. For those who missed the first installment–I once had an entire universe in which the Cold War went hot. Through various moves, direct action, and movement through multiple versions of Word, most of this first...
by jamesyoung | Aug 9, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes
[Edit] So back in 2016, I decided to have a regular entry called “I Can’t Believe I Wrote That” in addition to my Writing Tips and Random Confessions. As part of the revamping of this website, I decided to just mere this with “B-Sides and...