World War 1990

We've spent, we think, six weeks or so working on The Battle of the Polish Plain. Plenty of additions making the book better, plenty of details. This started at 30,000 words and is now 55,000. We've written a whole battle with the UK 1st Armoured and the Canadian 1st Division and added a series of Tornado Bomber scenes. Also, Clarkey and the SAS return.

We can't wait to see wait to see the nitpicking reviews on those, bastards.


We're now wondering about some of the original parts. They are perfectly fine. The question is, can they be better? Can they be more detailed?

This is what we will be asking ourselves as we try to wrap things up by 31 March.

World War 1990: Battle of the Polish Plain

The more I say Battle of the Polish Plain the less I like it.

The re-write, or addition, or whatever is coming along well enough.

[My, aren't we just a wellspring of enthusiasm-Ed]

The reader's getting lot's of Tornado Bombers, hello 33 Squadron. Yes, I made it up. I might just call it 644 Squadron. Anyone get the joke? Poultry, poultry....

Anyhow you're going to get extra Canadians, and I think that's probably the first time that sentence has ever been written about a WWIII novel. Actually, I'm sure of it. We got a nice battle going on here, lot's of radio chatter, which alert reader[s] have noticed is my favorite way to convey battle info.

I'd talk more about this, but I'm at my morning watering hole and a couple of gal-pals just came in for a post gym gab-fest. That means shiny leggings and inadequate back coverage. Sure its not on purpose. Sure.  One of 'em is a limey. I gotta go....