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Chipori itself was a dirty, dusty, barren series of valleys surrounded by hills covered in trees. As I mentioned before it was dry when we were out there–the monsoons had yet to begin–and the place went up like a matchstick when we started shooting gunnery tables. Joy unbounded. There we were… the whole battalion deployedContinue reading “The Company Mascot Pt III”

I was on a work-related trip all last week and didn’t have any time for writing. Not the fun kind anyway. Yesterday I got back in the saddle and started tapping at the keys of my laptop once again. I banged out a good 2,000 words of my third book over the weekend, which theContinue reading “A Brief Writing Hiatus”

I was up in Darwin, Northern Territory for work this whole last week and head a really excellent time. I learned quite a lot and was frankly spoiled by our gracious hosts. I hope to get back up there soon because I think I only saw the tip of the iceberg, and there is aContinue reading “Racking Up the Air Miles”

I just finished up a batch and bottled it, and just for the curious out there… yes, it is awesome.

After I finished my first manuscript I did a call for beta readers on a couple of online forums that I frequent and many was I surprised by the response. I think I had nearly forty people ask to read my work, and frankly I was very humbled by it. I sent it out toContinue reading “Beta Readers”

I was pissed off seeing “Ma” standing there waving at my passing Bradleys like were marching through liberating Paris from the Bosch or something. Here she was, tent already set up and cooking chow for the boys. This woman had managed to gather the intel where my company was going to be set up outContinue reading “The Company Mascot Pt II”

I really enjoy watching iWriterly and few other vloggers out there that give solid tutorials to up-and-coming writers. She’s really done a lot to help me understand the craft and the industry overall, and frankly I think her videos are worth their weight in gold. This recent one she’s put out is another really solidContinue reading “Writing Advice”

It pains me to say this, but the year 2000 (Y2K!) was twenty years ago. I guess it shouldn’t come as any sort of surprise, but it feels strange someone to think about. Anyway, it was in 2000 that I took command of my infantry company in the early spring over in the Republic ofContinue reading “The Company Mascot Pt I”

After relinquishing command of my battalion, I was headed off to my next assignment and for family reasons, decided to head back to Korea… again. At the time my assignments manager was a guy that had worked for me at Fort Leavenworth, albeit briefly. The reason it was briefly is something you can ask meContinue reading “War Stories”

Here’s a list of quotes from established, successful authors on the subject of writing. Some of them I think are very useful tips, and I’m going to bookmark this a come back to it from time to time. The lady who made the video has some commentary on Papa Hemingway’s quote which I found… well…Continue reading “Writing Quotes”