So Fuldapocalypse closes the door on 2023. It was a good year for me if not necessarily for this blog. The best thing I did in 2023 is publish All Union, which was in my head for years. I’m still working on a successor, but first usual writers issues happened, then AI Art (which I love) happened, then Rogue Trader happened. So my dream of getting multiple full length entries in that series out the door didn’t happen.
Oh well. Still had a good year. See you next January!
Merry Christmas from Fulapocalypse!
I’ve just beaten Rogue Trader. Without spoiling anything, I’ll say that it was the best fun I’ve had in an RPG since Fallout New Vegas. A great game. Maybe now I’ll have more time for other things like this blog.
So I’ve slowed down blogging. The biggest reason is me playing the new Rogue Trader video game. I’ll admit it’s a little raw and a combination of just being released and having a ton of moving parts has led to a giant case of Bethesdaitis, and thus to me maniacally saving and being prepared to redo entire arcs if not the whole game (not that I mind). But in spite of that it’s an awesome experience and is a side of Warhammer 40k that I hadn’t seen as much of before. The second biggest reason is me working on A Period of Cheating, which has gone great in a time of year that normally isn’t the best for writing.
Between those and my other responsibilities/pastimes, there just hasn’t been much time for reading and reviewing. But rest assured I’m well.
Fuldapocalypse now has a cropped section from my “Stable Diffusion XL with just World War 3 as the prompt” picture. It may be an interim picture as I make/find a better one, but I think the old stock photo of Bulgarian T-72s was due for a change.
Happy (American) turkey day! I’ve been extremely thankful for this blog.
Fuldapocalypse has reached a thousand posts in five years. It’s quite the milestone. After Fuldapocalypse, I’ve gotten three full-length and two short novels self-published, and the broadening of my literary horizons has played no small part in that. After all, my SLP Smithtown books are based on the “men’s adventure” cheap thrillers I first saw with the Survivalist, and The Sure Bet King was inspired by the structure of Sidney Sheldon novels-both of which I didn’t get until after the blog started.
The funny thing is that none of them are conventional WW3s. Oh sure, I have the Soviet-Romanian War in All Union, but that’s far closer to the Gulf War than an even Fuldapocalypse. Kind of funny, when it comes down to it.
I’ll be honest, though. I’ve long had this idea kicking around in my brain, just as how I had a Soviet-Romanian War kicking around in my brain. And this does involve a conventional WW3-kinda. It’s more like a conventional World War III interrupted by someone else, hence why I’ve given it the working title Party Crashers. You may note the similarity to Turtledove’s WorldWar, which I’ll admit to being inspired by-and a lot of other things, of course.
But yeah, I may just crash the 198X Fulda Gap Party with some extradimensional invaders…
Had a delightful meeting with fellow Fuldapocalypse afficianados on the subject of “Cold War Gone Hot”, and on different points of divergence in particular. It was a great time. The video can be seen below. Topics range from alternate history in general to our books to pondering why all these conventional World War IIIs seem to happen in the 1980s and not earlier.
I have a new post on Sea Lion Press about characterization in alternate history.
This blog has been active for five years and now has close to a thousand posts. It’s been a joy to make. And it’s unironically and seriously helped change my view of literature as a whole. When I started the blog, my view of fiction and cheap thriller fiction in general was narrow and (unknowingly) distorted. Now I can see a much clearer picture.
So to all who’ve read and commented on this blog, thank you.
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