by James Young | Apr 17, 2022 | Con(vention) Life, Usurper's War, Writing Business
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,...
by James Young | Jan 24, 2022 | Museums and Exhibitions, Music Monday
The Historian and His Metal Habit Greetings all. Welcome back to another edition of Music Monday. Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with this one. Then “Ye Olde Sentient Ipod” decided for me by randoming to Sabaton’s “Final...
by James Young | Nov 18, 2021 | Admin, Writing Business
There will be a longer post later. However, as many of you are fellow military sci-fi fans, I thought I’d share the news that David Drake is officially retiring. Mr. Drake has been talking about his declining health for several months, and I am unfortunately...
by jamesyoung | Jul 8, 2020 | Admin, Con(vention) Life, Promotions and Interviews, Sales!, Writing Business
This Saturday, I will be presenting on Writer’s Research for the St. Louis Writer’s Guild. You can join for free via Zoom. I’m basically going to talk about how to do historical research and also chase down various things about writing. ...
by jamesyoung | Jan 31, 2020 | Air Warfare, Con(vention) Life, Random Confession
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,...