by jamesyoung | Mar 11, 2020 | Usurper's War, Warship Wednesday
Thanks to the U.S.S. Iowa for filming this interior of the 16-inch turrets. In the case of the Iowa and many other late war ships, each gun could elevate and fire independently. Bonus: Here is a World War II-era training video. As an...
by jamesyoung | Feb 5, 2020 | Air Warfare, Usurper's War, Warship Wednesday
Interesting thing I discovered about carrier doctrine in writing the Usurper’s War series in general, but definitely with regards to Against the Tide Imperial: The three main carrier navies in our timeline did things very, very differently. The USN basically...
by jamesyoung | Jan 15, 2020 | Air Warfare, Warship Wednesday
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...
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 | Jan 15, 2019 | Promotions and Interviews, Sales!, Warship Wednesday, Writing Business
Coming on 15 February to an Amazon near you! The anthology includes my new alternative history short story “Fate of the Falklands” along with original short stories by Sarah Hoyt, Kacey Ezell, and William Stroock!...
by jamesyoung | Feb 8, 2017 | Warship Wednesday, Writing Business
*cough cough* Man, it’s kind of dusty in here. You’d almost think someone hasn’t been in this place for like weeks. Oh, wait… Welcome to another edition of Warship Wednesday. Today, rather than talking about a particular class of vessel,...
