by jamesyoung | Nov 26, 2019 | Usurper's War, Writing Business
Figured I’d perchance save loyal readers some gumshoe work down the road if they ever want to do a World War II story: You can find ONI drawings for World War II references (like for your cartographer to draw ship outlines) here. This is a good time zone...
by jamesyoung | Nov 11, 2019 | Admin, Con(vention) Life, Music Monday, Sales!, Usurper's War, Writing Business
So it’s been a bit since I’ve updated the blog. I figured I’d hit some of the high points of the last couple of weeks: Attended the Ozark Book Con down in Fayetteville this past weekend as a vendor. First year event with all that entails, but had...
by jamesyoung | Oct 13, 2019 | Air Warfare, Promotions and Interviews, Writing Business
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...
by jamesyoung | Sep 4, 2019 | Writing Business
I think procrastination is the bane of most authors. Having carved out time to write, cleared the calendar, it is all too easy to lose a couple hours on social media or “just one more turn”-ing it through a computer game. Apparently there’s a study...
by jamesyoung | Jul 6, 2019 | Con(vention) Life, Writing Business
So I forgot about this being mentioned in a panel while at Libertycon. Yes, as Cedar says, if you’re in a group that seems at all sketchy, get out most ricky tick. The ‘Zon has been really cracking down on trying to find people gaming their system. From...
by jamesyoung | Jun 12, 2019 | Writing Business
Where Sarah Hoyt discusses the difficulty of putting a cover on alternate history works. Go on and take a gander…
