I’m 3K plus words into “The Komar Incident” which puts me about halfway through my planned 6K word story. I may well end up with more as the story progresses. I am following the 12 Part Structure I discovered on Marshall Ryan Maresca’s blog. Here’s the link http://blog.mrmaresca.com/2013/04/twelve-part-structure-and-pacing.html I found it …
I am well into writing The Komar Incident and have decided to post the initial opening to this story placed within the context of the Cuban Missile Crisis aboard a GUPPY III modified US Navy diesel submarine, the USS Whitefish (SS-432). Would you want to read more? The Komar …
“The Komar Incident” progresses this weekend! I’ve completed my working notes and outline and have started the meta-data in Amazon’s KDP. Using their book cover creator I’ve come up with this cover, keeping in the same theme as my other two stories: All goes well and writing starts this evening! …
I’ve been doing research and taking notes on sub deployments and the Cuban Navy during the early 1960s. The information will be used in a story I’ve tentatively titled “The Komar Incident.” One of my favorite Cold War movies was The Bedford Incident with Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. It …
Here’s another Whipper Barony tale! My sister and I went to St John’s Catholic Elementary School near the Navy Base in Charleston, SC. Just about everyone else went across Rivers Ave to Ben Tillman Public School. I always dreamed of being able to ride a big yellow school bus like …
Things were different growing up back then. The 1960s and 1970s. Entertainment was basic and the neighborhood you grew up in defined your life. They have been described as simpler times and I guess they were when compared to today’s child rearing activities. They were simple because we weren’t overwhelmed …
Circular Run! is finished. Yes my 2500 word short story involving time travel, a father and son, and a World War II submarine is finished and published on Amazon. You can grab a copy here at Circular Run! I’ve also gone ahead and published Down the Throat! as well. After having a …
I have not made much progress on my short stories, “Circular Run” in particular. I have made progress on more of my Gitmo stories. This one in particular, “First Grade,” was the first of many misadventures in academia. -John First Grade My first memories of any type of organized school …
Today, Gitmo conjures up visions of prisons, terrorists and a dry tropical unused corner of US military presence. Not so for me. I remember Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba quite differently. My Gitmo is from the early 1960s when our family was stationed there courtesy of the US Navy. It was …
So with the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 looming, I have reopened a couple of my stalled projects. I had to spend some time reacquainting myself with the innards of a Balao Class Fleet Submarine, specifically the social areas like the crew’s mess and where they all …
