Alexander Wallace reviews The Sure Bet King on the Warped Factor website. He also adds a shout out to Fuldapocalypse as the end, which is much appreciated 😀 .
Category: Blog Stuff
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all my American readers. I’m thankful for…
- Having vaccines against COVID-19, both for my own peace of mind and my older relatives. I love being able to live freely again. Being able to eat comfortably indoors and see my fellow vaccinated relatives is so great.
- Having the inspiration and drive to write and publish my first full-length novel, The Sure Bet King. Besides having the pride in knowing I could make something 100,000 words long, I also feel like the book reflects the broadening of my horizons. That book’s biggest inspiration is not Larry Bond or John Hackett, but Sidney Sheldon, an old “pop-epic” writer who I didn’t even know about when I started the blog. Having Fuldapocalypse turn into a general review/commentary blog is one of the best creative decisions I’ve made, and this book was the fruit of it.
- All the great books I’ve read, movies I’ve seen, and games I’ve played this year. I’ve had a lot of fun.
NaNoWriMo Announcement
So, I’m going to be doing NaNoWriMo. You might see fewer posts on this blog during that time because of obvious changed priorities. I feel confident because when I wrote the Smithtown books and The Sure Bet King, I was able to write at a pace that met the equivalent of the NaNoWriMo goals.
As for the subject matter of the book, while I want to keep a lot of the exact details hidden, I will say this: I’m going to be using NaNoWriMo to be my first step into the pool that is the Larry Bond-style “big war thriller.” I figured the format works well for taking a step towards something new, and I’m really, really excited to take a crack at a genre I frequently love to read and made this blog to review.
Command Red Tide is Out!
Given its prominence in wargaming, it’s a little surprising that it’s taken as long as it has to bring an official 198X World War III DLC to Command. But now it’s here. The Red Tide battleset is out.
The Sure Bet King Giveaway Promotion
From now until Friday the 15, the ebook version of The Sure Bet King is free to get and keep. Enjoy!
New SLP Article: The Ballad of Mike Sparks
I have a new article on Sea Lion Press where I talk about the infamous internet theorist Mike Sparks.
Guns of the South Reviewed on Sea Lion Press
While I’ve reviewed it on my own blog, I felt I should give an updated review of Harry Turtledove’s Guns of the South on Sea Lion Press. So I did.
Long Reach reviewed at Sea Lion Press
While I reviewed Mike Lunnon-Wood’s Long Reach a long time ago on this blog, I decided to do a much more recent review of it for Sea Lion Press. Finding out how small its niche really is makes me appreciate its strengths a lot more.
The Sure Bet King Is Out
I’m delighted to say that The Sure Bet King’s ebook version is now out! Enjoy!
New Command scen for testing: Sneaky Sneaky
I got back into making Command: Modern Operations content with another draft scenario that I’ve called Sneaky Sneaky. It’s in an alternate historical setting where a “Walkerist” rogue state survived in Central America. Now they have to try and slip a few improvised mini-subs past the Royal Navy to Belize. Much inspirational thanks goes to the Covert Shores website for its great work on analyzing such submarines.
The scenario can be tried out here.
