The United States of America in my writing is not like the one we live in now. It has many similarities of course, but it has been through three centuries of changes between our time and the time of my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for June, 2019
There are three bits of feedback I’ve gotten about my Jack of Harts writing that I’ve received over and over again. The first is that Jack is a bit of a ladies man. Some readers are not a fan of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Baen Books puts on a short story contest each year, and for 2019 they wanted a story of space exploration within the next six decades, going to the Moon or Mars, colonial habitats, and stuff like that. They wanted a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“I’m picking up active targeting radar,” Jasmine announced as the Hellcats flew inside one lightsecond of them. “Looks like a Technicron Actitrax Mark XII or XIII.” “Wasn’t the Mark X they last one they used?” Jack asked. “In the official[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Malcolm winced as the destroyer lurched, and three of her escort fighters simply disappeared, but the survivors stayed in formation and continued to fire at the incoming stream of missiles. She was an Austin-class destroyer, the best American destroyer ever[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Jack placed both hands back on his flight controls and stared at the Shang ships in the distance. They were not going to enjoy what he was about to do to them, and he had a few, short words he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“All ships, break and attack in three…two…one…now,” Jack counted down and felt his Avenger’s systems come alive around him. T&J shifted into the drumbeats of war, and he slammed the throttle forward to send them accelerating towards the Shang. Avengers,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Wang Chung Five lifted above the ridge and Natalie and Jasmine opened up, sending autocannon rounds, streams of machinegun fire, laser beams, and missiles streaking between the combatants. Stray rounds ricocheted off the tank’s armor, flying off into the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“Break,” Jack ordered and pulled the controls to the left. Thrusters flared and the formation of Avengers exploded into a chaotic mess of individually maneuvering fighters. Or so the complicated maneuver was designed to look to outside eyes. In reality[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“The Shang are painting us with sensor sweeps,” Betty reported and glanced towards one of the displays where it showed a complex diagram of colors. “We’re scattering and jamming below detection levels. But I think they’re getting suspicious.” “Prepare to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…