Bring Back Single Combat

Bring Back Single Combat

The RantThis week I went off on a bit of a rant — and I’m not sorry about it.Between the headlines, the state of modern warfare, and the technological hellscape we seem to be building for ourselves, I got to thinking about how ancient we really are under all the...

The Ghost of Spartacus

One of the things that happened to me after coming home from the service is that I got obsessed with military history. And I think a lot of veterans will know exactly what I mean. You pick up these books about ancient battles and great commanders and part of you is...
Sailboats and Other Things

Sailboats and Other Things

Time for more reassurance that I’m still alive and still working on my books. The answers are–mostly, and yes. I spent my holiday week, as it turned out, tending to other matters in my life. The kinds of things that build up at the fringes when you have a...
The Sprawl

The Sprawl

Time for another writing update, folks. In my long tradition of bipolar interactions with my stories, I have come once again to bemoan the state of my current manuscript. Ye gods, how could I have let things get this crazy? So many POVs. Chapters long enough to be...