Sgt. Dunn #5, Capture.
Finished the final edit today. Now for the final steps for publishing.
I will be doing a cover reveal (and book description) on Monday, 5/9. Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to see it!
Releasing the book ASAP.
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Saturday, April 30, 2016
Only one more edit to go on Sgt. Dunn #5!
I'm working on the last edit! I should finish it some time next week, and then will be working on getting the book, Capture, released ASAP.
Stay tuned.
Ronn
Stay tuned.
Ronn
Monday, April 25, 2016
Making progress on Sgt. Dunn #5, Capture
Finished edit #6 today. A bit of a bugger this time round. I also have received and processed all of my FIRST READERS' comments as well as my wife's edit, which usually has a million red marks. Okay, maybe not quite, but it seems like it.
Only two more edits to go. Looking at early May for release date.
We are taking a few days off to go see our beloved Royals play Monday night against the Nationals. It sucks to have to drive five hours to get to a game, but it'll be worth it to see Kauffman Stadium and the 2015 World Series Champion flag in person.
Thanks for stopping by.
Only two more edits to go. Looking at early May for release date.
We are taking a few days off to go see our beloved Royals play Monday night against the Nationals. It sucks to have to drive five hours to get to a game, but it'll be worth it to see Kauffman Stadium and the 2015 World Series Champion flag in person.
Thanks for stopping by.
Sunday, April 10, 2016
Sgt. Dunn novel #5 title reveal!
I'm pleased to announce the title to the newest Sgt. Dunn novel (#5)! I plan to release the new book in early May. Stay tuned!
Capture
Here's a very brief description:
The story picks up ten days after Saving Paris (book 4). We find Dunn and his men still attached to General George S. Patton's Third Army and moving east across France, pursuing the retreating German Wehrmacht. Near the Moselle River, Dunn is presented with unusual situation and, as always, finds a creative way to solve the problem.
Meanwhile, Sgt. Saunders and his men, accompanied by a British communications expert, travel to Spa, Belgium where they hope to create havoc at a Wehrmacht radio center.
In the upper left of my blog, you can track where I am in the process of editing and pre-publication. As of today, I'm working on edit #4 (of 8).
Thanks for stopping by.
Capture
Here's a very brief description:
The story picks up ten days after Saving Paris (book 4). We find Dunn and his men still attached to General George S. Patton's Third Army and moving east across France, pursuing the retreating German Wehrmacht. Near the Moselle River, Dunn is presented with unusual situation and, as always, finds a creative way to solve the problem.
Meanwhile, Sgt. Saunders and his men, accompanied by a British communications expert, travel to Spa, Belgium where they hope to create havoc at a Wehrmacht radio center.
In the upper left of my blog, you can track where I am in the process of editing and pre-publication. As of today, I'm working on edit #4 (of 8).
Thanks for stopping by.
Friday, January 15, 2016
I love Chicago architecture!
From 2004 to 2007 I worked in Chicago, in the Loop. One Sunday afternoon in the April, 2005, I took my camera and wandered around. Here are some of my favorite pictures.
The Sweet Spot (my name for it, official name: The Batcolumn). This enormous bat (101 feet) is at 600 W. Madison. I got the sun inside the bat, but missed the sweet spot by a bit, but maybe it's good for a sac fly.
The Sweet Spot (my name for it, official name: The Batcolumn). This enormous bat (101 feet) is at 600 W. Madison. I got the sun inside the bat, but missed the sweet spot by a bit, but maybe it's good for a sac fly.
Light and Dark on Wacker
Left to right: Water works, old Quaker Oats Tower and what I call the Jetson's Building
Facing Wacker from across the Chicago River
Looking straight up on Wacker Drive
The Wrigley Building - yes, the clock works
The Merchandise Mart
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Handling WWII weapons
This past Saturday, I went to a local gun show with a good friend.
It was dirt cold that morning, and the venue was the auto race track on the southwest side of the city. The paved parking lot was full by the time we arrived a little after ten am, so we had to drive over the ice-covered "grass," which had been previously driven on when it was wet and thawed, and the ruts were like something from the horse and buggy days.
This was only my second gun show ever; I don't own any weapons, but find the show a great place to see and touch WWII weapons. It took a couple of hours to walk up and down the many aisles filled with sellers' tables.
Here's the list of weapons I got to pick up and examine:
We ran across a Mauser 98 with a scope (like the weapon Madeline uses in the book Saving Paris). The seller thought it was produced at the end of the war and never issued. The price tag was $10,000! I did not ask to pick that one up!
The only thing I bought for myself was a dummy .50 caliber round. In the pics below you can see just how huge this round is. Imagine 700 of these hitting your aircraft in one minute. The .30 caliber was fired by the honor guard at my Uncle Amos's funeral a few years ago.
I looked for a 1911 Colt .45, but didn't find one. There were lots of .45s, but they were all new(er). Maybe next year.
It was dirt cold that morning, and the venue was the auto race track on the southwest side of the city. The paved parking lot was full by the time we arrived a little after ten am, so we had to drive over the ice-covered "grass," which had been previously driven on when it was wet and thawed, and the ruts were like something from the horse and buggy days.
This was only my second gun show ever; I don't own any weapons, but find the show a great place to see and touch WWII weapons. It took a couple of hours to walk up and down the many aisles filled with sellers' tables.
Here's the list of weapons I got to pick up and examine:
- Thompson .45 caliber submachinegun
- British Sten submachinegun
- M-1 Garand
- Mauser 98
- Luger
- M-14 (not WWII, but still cool)
We ran across a Mauser 98 with a scope (like the weapon Madeline uses in the book Saving Paris). The seller thought it was produced at the end of the war and never issued. The price tag was $10,000! I did not ask to pick that one up!
The only thing I bought for myself was a dummy .50 caliber round. In the pics below you can see just how huge this round is. Imagine 700 of these hitting your aircraft in one minute. The .30 caliber was fired by the honor guard at my Uncle Amos's funeral a few years ago.
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