by James Young | Nov 8, 2023 | Alternate History, Usurper's War
Hey all! Sorry for the hiatus. Much, much more to post about. It’s going to be a busy final quarter of the year, followed by a gangbusters dive into 2024. (More on that in another post.) But first, wanted to share that I’m getting the three Usurper’s...
by James Young | Dec 7, 2021 | Air Warfare, Alternate History
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...
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 | 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 7, 2018 | Admin, Writing Business
So, I’ve started my Nano project for this year (while still editing For Those In Peril…). For 2018 I decided to do the next novel in the Usurper’s War series. It is entitled Against the Tide Imperial, and I’ll hopefully be able to build off...