Hmmmm....over the years our books get reviewed less and less on Amazon.
At the same time they rack up ratings on Goodreads.
Has Goodreads become the preferred method for readers to review?
By the way, Polish Storm has 23 reviews so far, all positive.
William Stroock (as in Stroock's Books)
Showing posts with label Polish Storm. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Polish Storm. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Great Review, Great Point
Amazon Reviewer Lookingglassman* says of Polish Storm:
alt-history too and we see no need to antagonize our readers, you know, the customers.
Of course we get political on this blog, but reader(s) know what they're getting into.
*Hmmmm....I wonder if...
[Narrator: Maybe.]
**Alright, To Survive the Earth was political, but only in the meta-philosophical sense.
There is lots of action in this and I really hope the author writes more in this series. If not it ended well. I would recommend the whole series because this author isn't like other authors who only write future war fiction to bash a political party. This author uses the actual people who were in office and in command of the various military units during this time period and doesn't waste the reader's time trying to score points for a political party. In each novel he dives right into the war and takes you down into the trenches, in the tanks and ships and planes of the various characters. Even though each book is short, they are very good reads and worth purchasing and reading each one. If the author continues to write more novels in this series I will surely buy them.Quit right. We keep the politics out of our books**. Democrats like
alt-history too and we see no need to antagonize our readers, you know, the customers.
Of course we get political on this blog, but reader(s) know what they're getting into.
*Hmmmm....I wonder if...
[Narrator: Maybe.]
**Alright, To Survive the Earth was political, but only in the meta-philosophical sense.
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Chao Italia!
Unknown Reader expresses his thanks for Italian forces showing up in Polish Storm.
Thank you, sir.
Just wait for The Final Storm, there will be plenty of Regia Marina.
Anyway, Unknown Reader echoes a sentiment of ours. NATO is more than just Yanks, Krauts and Brits. Henceforth all the Cannucks in Polish Storm. When we get around to doing Before the Weser, there will be a Belgian short story, a Dutch short story, etc, etc.
By the way, Unknown Reader, why not look us up on FB?
Thank you, sir.
Just wait for The Final Storm, there will be plenty of Regia Marina.
Anyway, Unknown Reader echoes a sentiment of ours. NATO is more than just Yanks, Krauts and Brits. Henceforth all the Cannucks in Polish Storm. When we get around to doing Before the Weser, there will be a Belgian short story, a Dutch short story, etc, etc.
By the way, Unknown Reader, why not look us up on FB?
Sunday, September 23, 2018
World War 1990: Polish Storm Meet the Generals II
General John Tilelli, commander, 1st Cavalry Division:
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Friday, September 7, 2018
Polish Storm
Well there we have it.
All that remains is to make a few final edits and hit the PUBLISH button.
What have we forgotten? What have we missed?
After the ANZACs follies we now find ourselves terrified that Canadian readers are going to hate the chapter on the First Canadian Division.
Anyway, we hate this part.
All that remains is to make a few final edits and hit the PUBLISH button.
After the ANZACs follies we now find ourselves terrified that Canadian readers are going to hate the chapter on the First Canadian Division.
Anyway, we hate this part.
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Updates for Saturday
We have The Polish Storm proof.
We are working on the Final Storm. We had hoped to have the rough draft finished by the time we left for Europe but this seems most unlikely.
We are probably not releasing Polish Storm until The Final Storm is ready to go.
As we have complete control of the production process this will now happen a lot quicker.
Debbie has Pershing in Command. There's nearly 200 footnotes and they don't reset with every chapter. This concerned us until we saw Tom Clancy did the same thing with Submarine, Armored Cav, etc etc.
We think we've probably learned all the French we're going to learn and anymore is likely over preparation.
We are working on the Final Storm. We had hoped to have the rough draft finished by the time we left for Europe but this seems most unlikely.
We are probably not releasing Polish Storm until The Final Storm is ready to go.
As we have complete control of the production process this will now happen a lot quicker.
Debbie has Pershing in Command. There's nearly 200 footnotes and they don't reset with every chapter. This concerned us until we saw Tom Clancy did the same thing with Submarine, Armored Cav, etc etc.
We think we've probably learned all the French we're going to learn and anymore is likely over preparation.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Polish Storm: Back Cover Text
During the Second World War Poland was invaded by two nations and torn apart...now as the Third World War spirals out of control Poland once again faces destruction...
In southern Poland The US Army VII Corps battles two Soviet armies.
In Czechoslovakia General Norman Schwarzkopf readies the Army of the Danube for the liberation of Poland.
Around Wroclaw British and Canadian armored forces battle the Soviets.
In southern Poland The US Army VII Corps battles two Soviet armies.
Throughout West Germany, stay-behind units punish collaborators.
In the air, RAF Tornado pilots fly deadly low-level missions against Soviet armored formations.
On their war-time Baltic Island base, the SAS plans a daring raid on Warsaw.
At the Presidential Palace, Polish President Wojciech Jaruzelski questions his loyalties.
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
That two Year Written Difference
We wrote large swaths of The Final Storm when a relative was getting a tumor zapped in 2016. Now were editing The Final Storm while that same relative is getting a different tumor removed.
The interesting thing about what we wrote in 2016 was that we liked it then, but not now.
[Whoa....awkward sentence-Ed]
Thanks. These scenes have sat in limbo for over a year. As mentioned before we wrote them when two books were merely one. So the scenes in question just do not do what we need them to do. They need re-writing and beefing up.
This is what we did to Polish Storm, where the Battle of Point Wilderness was simply witnessed by a pair of grunts counting tanks advancing past their pos.
This spring we wrote three new chapters to show that battle.
The bottom line is that work that satisfied us in 2016 does not satisfy us now.
Exit question: will work that makes us happy in 2018 make us happy in 2020?
The interesting thing about what we wrote in 2016 was that we liked it then, but not now.
[Whoa....awkward sentence-Ed]
Thanks. These scenes have sat in limbo for over a year. As mentioned before we wrote them when two books were merely one. So the scenes in question just do not do what we need them to do. They need re-writing and beefing up.
This is what we did to Polish Storm, where the Battle of Point Wilderness was simply witnessed by a pair of grunts counting tanks advancing past their pos.
This spring we wrote three new chapters to show that battle.
The bottom line is that work that satisfied us in 2016 does not satisfy us now.
Exit question: will work that makes us happy in 2018 make us happy in 2020?
Sunday, July 22, 2018
Storm Release Dates
Concerned reader Anonymous asks about the release date for Polish Storm.
The answer to that question is we don't know.
When we get the MS back from Debbie we'll turn it in. Then Amazon formats, designs the cover, and sends us the proof, which gets read, re-edited and resubmitted. That process goes as fast or slow as we want. In theory that process can take three weeks.
But we may delay the release till we finish The Final Storm and either release them back to back, or just release both books at the same time, becuase why not? Also, fun with Amazon algorithms.
So what is The Final Storm's situation? 52,000 words, we've got the battle of the three seas (take a guess!) and we got our blockbuster finale. We need to re-research the battle of the three seas. That is, we need to go back through the naval and air action and make sure we have it as right as possible. We also need to write some of the set up for the book. Reader(s) will recall that these two books were once one book.
The answer to that question is we don't know.
When we get the MS back from Debbie we'll turn it in. Then Amazon formats, designs the cover, and sends us the proof, which gets read, re-edited and resubmitted. That process goes as fast or slow as we want. In theory that process can take three weeks.
But we may delay the release till we finish The Final Storm and either release them back to back, or just release both books at the same time, becuase why not? Also, fun with Amazon algorithms.
So what is The Final Storm's situation? 52,000 words, we've got the battle of the three seas (take a guess!) and we got our blockbuster finale. We need to re-research the battle of the three seas. That is, we need to go back through the naval and air action and make sure we have it as right as possible. We also need to write some of the set up for the book. Reader(s) will recall that these two books were once one book.
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