by jamesyoung | Sep 29, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes, Writing Business
Part III continues. If you’ve just started following this blog, Part I can be found here. Weather Mountain, VA 0800 Local (0700 Central) “Sir, they’re all here,” Star-Colonel Sir Conrad Bradstock, Knight of the Bath to Queen Elizabeth I, said quietly. The...
by jamesyoung | Sep 26, 2016 | Music Monday
I love YouTube. You can find all sorts of great stuff there. Like, say, metal covers of songs you can identify with…like The Rains of Castamere. (“Wait…wait…why do you identify with the Rains of Castamere?” “Because when someone...
by jamesyoung | Sep 20, 2016 | Writing Business
Continuing on with Chapter 1… Fort Riley, Kansas 0625 Local (0725 Eastern) “Jack, what the fuck is going on?” Captain Jason Mitchell, CO of A/2-70th Armored Battalion (FCS), West Point Class of ’03, asked worriedly. The two of them had been in the middle of a...
by jamesyoung | Sep 16, 2016 | B-Sides and Outtakes
The title pretty much says it all. I’ll do a little more commentary at the end. Let the dogfighting begin… Chapter 2 James saw two MiG-25 Foxbat fighters descend on a damaged B-52 like hyenas on a carcass and cursed, unable to do anything at the moment. ...
by jamesyoung | Sep 13, 2016 | Writing Business
As I mentioned in my writing tips, sometimes research can be a substitute for experience. Going even further, the best research in the world is that done by someone else. One quick way to save oneself a lot of diving and sorting of what sources work the best for you...