Circular Run! is being offered free for Amazon Kindle as an Independence Day promotion. It goes on discount from 2 July 2014 through 6 July 2014. After burying his father, John Kelley deals with his regret for not paying more attention to his father’s war experiences. An unexplained incident sends it …
Once again I am participating in a writing exercise on G+ as part of the Writer’s Discussion Group. Everyone submits stories in the comments of the post at the link and anyone can +1 their favorites. In the end the story with the most +1 votes gets a little recognition. …
A short bit I wrote for a writing exercise for the G+ Community “Writer’s Discussion Group.” If you’re on Google + you can go check out the other stories as well and +1 the ones you like. The prompt was an animated gif of a heart monitor that is pinging and …
It is finally here, “The Komar Incident,” is live on Amazon.com for the Kindle with an introductory price of $1.99. Here’s the link. The introductory price is good for two weeks, after which, it will sell regularly for $3.50. The Komar Incident is approximately 6,000 words long. That makes it my …
On April 22, 2014 my newest submarine adventure, “The Komar Incident,” dives into the Kindle platform at Amazon.com! Introductory pricing for this 6,000+ word story is $1.99 for its first 15 days. “The Komar Incident” will place the crew of the USS Whitefish (SS-432) between a rock and a hard …
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 …
