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What's In A Name?

July 31, 2016 by James Young 2 Comments

So, as noted by The Prolific Trek, your humble narrator went to go see Star Trek: Beyond (Note: Spoilers) with the better half and a group of friends as a break from his *censored* dissertation.  It was a needed break–I feel the urge to be snarky in response to some differing points fading to a […]

Filed Under: Writing Business Tagged With: Alternate History, Coming Attractions, Usurper's War, Vergassy, Writing

Acts of War Sample Chapter

June 15, 2016 by James Young 3 Comments

From Acts of War H.M.S. Exeter North Atlantic 1330 Local (1030 Eastern) 12 September Whether or not Eric was all right was likely a matter of opinion.  He wasn’t flying anymore, as the weather conditions had started to become much worse since he’d left Ranger’s deck that morning.  The base of the clouds had once […]

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Unproven Concept Sample Chapter

August 22, 2015 by James Young 3 Comments

From An Unproven Concept Titanic 1825 SST   As he approached yet another hatch to Corridor C, Marcus found himself thinking back to his Marine officer basic course.  His drill instructor, a tall, wiry Warrant Officer nicknamed ‘The Spider’ had been feeling rather benevolent one day after trying his damndest to kill them all in […]

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Comic Con Drawing Results and Potpourri July 2015

July 13, 2015 by James Young Leave a Comment

So here are the drawing results from the last few Cons…amid some newsletter goodness. If you like what you see, you can always sign up at the bottom of this post.

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Writer's Panel Follow Up

July 12, 2015 by James Young Leave a Comment

Greetings all!  For those of you who have been involved in the panels I did with Susanne Lambdin and Tracy Edingfield-Dunn, here are some helpful links: Mad Genius Navigating from Writing to Publication My article on considerations before signing Dorothy Grant’s Author Oriented Blog Posts Cedar Sanderson’s round up. (Dorothy is the marketing guru and […]

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Quick Update

May 17, 2015 by James Young Leave a Comment

In the middle of Con / Book Signing season, as well as trying to get Collisions of the Damned, the sequel to Acts of War complete by 1 July.  I’ve managed to complete the first few drawings, with the winners being as follows: Planet Comicon—Mr. James Webb was the winner for the Planet Comicon drawing. […]

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Welcome Everyone!

January 10, 2015 by James Young Leave a Comment

So for those of you who do not know, I was featured in the Topeka Capital-Journal yesterday!  This was great news to get surprised by (knew it was coming, didn’t know the day) even if I had to rush home to get extra papers.  For those coming from the paper, welcome.  😀 In addition, since […]

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Acts of War Is Live!

November 11, 2014 by James Young 2 Comments

Acts of War is officially live in the Kindle store.  Get your alternate history fix on your phone, Kindle, or tablet with the app, or wait a few days for the hard copies.  😀

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Favorite Button

November 2, 2014 by James Young Leave a Comment

Apparently Amazon has now added “Favorite” button to author pages.  Feel free to go to my author page and click “Favorite” to receive a notification of every time I release a new book.  Great way to stay informed!

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Audio, Audio, Audio…

October 22, 2014 by James Young Leave a Comment

So at the moment I’m in the midst of getting the Vergassy series turned into audiobooks.  “Ride of the Late Rain” is 95% complete, while I’ve received (and approved) the first 15 minutes for each version of An Unproven Concept.  Here’s a listen for each: An Unproven Concept (Kraken Edition)–First 15 minutes. An Unproven Concept […]

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Thoughts on Conning

March 16, 2014 by James Young 2 Comments

I really should have done this last night, but by the time I got home I quickly found myself running on fumes.  So, without further ado, here are some thoughts on Planet Comicon (KC-MO, 15 March 2014) from an author’s (as opposed to fan boy’s) perspective.  BLUF: It is worth it for an author to […]

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Reviews (The First Actual Meat Post)

March 11, 2014 by James Young Leave a Comment

So I’ve gotten two reviews (that I know of) up for my novel, An Unproven Concept.  I’ll post them along with a little commentary here: One is good: http://www.popcults.com/spall-sewage-and-starship-battles-in-an-unproven-concept/ One is so-so:  http://pgsramblings.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/an-unproven-concept-okayish/ As there have been some common issues raised, I’ll try to address some of them without spoiling anything: –“Ride of the Late […]

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