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 War novels rerecorded! The audiobook narrator will be the […]
Usurper's War
From the Plains to the Planet
Greetings everyone! Quick note to catch everyone up on some recent happenings in Kansas (Knights! Squires! Guards!) and upcoming shows. Sure it’s not technically a “comic convention in Kansas,” but “Kansas” is in the name!: The Plains, The Plains Did the Great Plains Renaissance Festival in Wichita, KS on 9-10 April. It was good to […]
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 […]
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 […]
2019 in Review
Man. It seems like just yesterday I was celebrating the imminent release of Those In Peril and preparing to go to Life, The Universe, and Everything (LTUE) Symposium in Utah. Next thing I know, 2019 is in the rearview mirror, the Phases of Mars series is complete, and Against The Tide Imperial is…well, still not […]
Back in the Top 100
So it’s been a busy couple of months with the imminent release of Those In Peril and making preparations for next year’s con season. But, I’m glad to report that Acts of War, the first novel in The Usurper’s War series, is back in the Top 100 for several categories on Amazon. So if you haven’t already […]
Nano Nano
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 of Nano momentum to get it out in the first half of […]
Keystroke Medium Interview
I got interviewed by Keystroke Medium. It was a blast: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwdBjElXFCo&w=560&h=315]
Sales and News!
News Item #1: An Unproven Concept is now on sale. It will also be promoted by Free Kindle Books and Tips (a promotion website that comes highly recommended). Please go to their FB page and give the promotion post a like to increase its FB reach. News Item #2: Acts of War and Collisions of the Damned will […]
On Dunkirk
Go see Dunkirk. Seriously. I can’t say much more as I don’t want to spoil it, but go see the movie. Good cinematography, acting, scoring, and pacing. Yes, some rivet counters have complained about nitpicking things like the destroyers, Ju-87s’ sirens, and the actual Bf-109s used. (No, I’m not joking.) Ignore them and go […]
Sergeant Pepper Bombs Mr. Adolph–The Strategic Bombing Campaign I
So, remember way back when I said I was going to do fighter history and bombing history separate? Yeah, I refreshed my memory on bombing during World War I. *insert yawn here* I mean, it happened. There were even a few times it was effective in the “we made a big mess” kind of way. […]
The Man Who Saved Western Civilization & Never Gets Credit For It–Fighter Combat Part III
When last we left this journey through aerial mayhem, France had just been knocked out of the war, the British Army was busy thanking every boat owner in Southern England while wringing out their clothes, and the Luftwaffe had just learned how to say “Acthung! Spitfire!” In the (wholly apocryphal) words of Hermann Goering, “Don’t […]