Thursday, December 20, 2018

Fun with editing!

I finished the first edit for Hunting Sgt. Dunn. I use Word's text to speech function because it helps me find a lot of things like missing words that are very hard to see in the document. I's a male voice (I call him Ralph) and it does a pretty good job, however it has some quirks that make me smile:

One of the character's nickname is Jonesy. Humans pronounce it Jones-ee. Ralph says Jone-a-see.

Others: 
grimace, humans - grim-us, Ralph - gray-mace.
Another nickname: Rupie, humans - ru-pee, Ralph - ru-pi.
Dave Cross and his "ayup", humans uh-yup, Ralph - Long A-yup..

Ralph, bless his heart, helped me uncover one of the funniest typos I've ever written:

Actual sentence: toggle stitches
Correct sentence: toggle switches

Ah, it's just one letter!

On to edit number 2. Say "ayup," Ralph!. 


Sunday, December 16, 2018

Sgt. Dunn Novel #11 Title Reveal!

Sorry to have missed the planned reveal date. I delayed because I became unsure of the title, which I changed yesterday.

Sgt. Dunn Novel # 11 is:

Hunting Sgt. Dunn

I'm hoping for an early to mid-January release..

Here's the book's description

For U.S. Army Ranger Master Sergeant Tom Dunn the war has always taken place on the continent of Europe. However, unknown to him, a furious Albert Speer, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Armaments, has set in motion a plot so sinister, it’s almost beyond belief.

While on a mission near Hamburg to destroy a German facility where V2 rocket liquid oxygen is stored, Dunn receives additional orders from his commander, Colonel Kenton. Conduct reconnaissance in the Hamburg shipyards. Identify and mark for B-17 bombers where the Nazis are building submersible, ocean-going platforms for V2 rockets. The Germans plan to tow three of the deadly weapons behind a submarine to the east coast of the United States. From there they can fire the vengeance weapons on any seaboard city, including Washington, D.C.

British Intelligence uncovers a bizarre yet dangerous plot by the Nazis to forge millions of British pounds in various denominations. They plan is to flood the British economy with the bogus money, and therefore bring it to a grinding halt, interfering with England’s ability to wage war. British Commando Sergeant Major Malcolm Saunders is tasked with locating the pallets of money and burning it all before the Germans have the chance to ship it. Traveling to Bremerhaven, Saunders’ mission unavoidably goes awry.

Almost from the beginning, Dunn’s recon mission takes a deadly turn. As it progresses hour by hour, Dunn suddenly realizes he can’t wait for the B-17s. He must act quickly to stop the Germans’ terrifying plan.

Returning to the Hardwicke Farm for a Sunday lunch suddenly turns into a life or death fight for Dunn and Pamela, and her parents as Speer’s plan is launched.

In book eleven of his WWII action thrillers, Munsterman once again masterfully blends real-life Nazi plans with fiction giving the reader an action-packed story in a non-stop page turning pace.