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U.S.S. Monitor

Posted on July 29, 2010 | Comments Off on U.S.S. Monitor

ussmonitorLovely old (very old) photo of the Monitor taken sometime after its fight with the Merrimack/Virginia in Hampton Roads in 1862. Latest photo at my new book blog, Knoxville 1863, which is coming along slowly. Moving a bit faster is my other new blog 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, focused on the historical artifacts and new interpretations of my great grandfather’s old outfit. Lots of work, three blogs, but lots of fun, too.

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Knoxville 1863 review

Posted on July 26, 2010 | Comments Off on Knoxville 1863 review

My Israeli friend “Snoopy the Goon” (he prefers anonymity on the Web) has written a nice review of my Civil War historical battle novel and posted it on his blog with links to the Amazon sales page and the book’s new blog, “Knoxville 1863, the novel.”

Thanks, Snoop. Considering that you don’t normally like military history (and that you even had to Google Tennessee to see where Knoxville was), I admire your persistence and I’m very pleased that you enjoyed the story.

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All that remains of Fort Sanders

Posted on July 16, 2010 | Comments Off on All that remains of Fort Sanders

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Just a historical marker two blocks south of the military crest of the ridge. I posted this on the novel’s Web site as well. Will post it here also to give the novel site a little boost. It is not yet attracting as many hits as the 13th MS one, which is understandable I suppose. The MS brigade was famous and still is among the war’s buffs. Fort Sanders was, at best, obscure. Forgotten is even more accurate. That was my gamble novelizing it, but also my opportunity.

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Civil War Envelopes

Posted on July 11, 2010 | Comments Off on Civil War Envelopes

ACWPatrioticEnvelopesNot having inherited any Civil War letters, and not knowing anyone who did, I found this cover of a new book on them pretty fascinating. I had no idea. Believe I’ll post this on my Knoxville 1863 novel’s site, as well, since one of the narrators of the story talks about having received a letter from home but having no paper or envelope to write back.

The novel’s site is drawing fewer visits (so far) than the one I’ve begun for the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Probably because the 13th still is relatively well known among ACW buffs, certainly compared to the novel’s subject, the Battle of Fort Sanders, which has been pretty much forgotten. But that may change by next spring when the sesquicentennial of the war begins and local interest catches fire as media mentions proliferate.

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Two new blogs, whew

Posted on July 2, 2010 | Comments Off on Two new blogs, whew

I’ve added two new blogs to my repertoire. One is for the promotion of the novel and the other is the first blog I know of for my great grandfather’s old outfit, the 13th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Both will capitalize on the sesquicentennial of the Civil War which begins next spring.

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The Joy of Marketing. Not

Posted on June 29, 2010 | Comments Off on The Joy of Marketing. Not

So I finally get a review of my Civil War battle novel “Knoxville 1863” up on two sites (here and here, in addition to Amazon) and some free advertising on a third site here and what happens? Amazon crashes for the afternoon. And when they finally come back, they’ve got a little notation on my paperback sales page to “sign up to be notified when this item becomes available.” Sheesh. This is print-on-demand, people. Not boxes of books in a warehouse.

Meanwhile, I was trying unsuccessfully to twist an arm for another review. The joke is that DIY authors and small publishers rely on family and friends for their book reviews. I do have the friends part down, luckily, but the family? Not a chance. The ones who actually read books have this phobia about writing reviews. So they say. Maybe they secretly hated mine and just don’t want to be honest.  If not, then the family part of the joke is on me.

UPDATE:  Well, Amazon fixed their problem sometime after midnight, so that irritation is gone. Onward Through The Fog!

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Knoxville 1863 on the Web

Posted on June 13, 2010 | Comments Off on Knoxville 1863 on the Web

Working on a new dedicated site for the novel, a freebie on blogger. Starting off with a post-battle photo of Fort Sanders, via the Library of Congress. Several more photos on the subject to come as part of the book’s promotion.

Conventional wisdom says authors need these things, as they’re also supposed to be all over Twitter and FaceBook. I have my doubts. But I can see the advantage of not having my politics intrude on the attempt to market books. Except when they do. Oops.

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