Shadow Ops: Control Point (Excerpt)
Now that you’ve had a chance to read the review, enjoy this excerpt from Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole, out now from Ace Books!:Lieutenant Oscar Britton of the Supernatural Operations Corps has been trained to hunt down and take out peop...
A Warrior’s Complexity: Orphanage by Robert Buettner
War is a tough thing to tell a story about. Like all extreme scenarios, it tends towards polarization. It’s either a glorious affair of flashing sabers and burnished medals a la Alexander Nevsky or it’s a meat grinder that chews up promising young ...
Why Every Writer Should Join the US Military – Part II
(Read Part I here.)Do or Do Not. There is no Try.One of my assignments when I was activated to respond to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster was to put worthy sailors in for awards. I had to write the citations for dozens of men and women of asso...
Why Every Writer Should Join the US Military — Part I
A few months ago, I turned pro.By “turned pro,” I mean that I got my novel picked up by one of the major publishing houses in a three-book deal.I don’t want to overstate what that means. It’s the first step on a long road, and future sales and ...
The Kids Are All Right: Greg Van Eekhout and Carrie Vaughn on YA and MG
There’s a lot of buzz lately about the phenomenon of “Young Adult” and “Middle Grade” audiences and their purchasing power. Fans of genre writing have watched writers like J.K. Rowling be propelled to superstardom supposedly via legions of ad...
