Blog
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Falling Gaijins
James Roddy and I took a day trip from Misawa to Towada-Ko, old Towada where there is a lake in the mouth of an ancient crater. This is a tourist spot for the Japanese, but not a place where many Americans go. It was really beautiful when we went – the leaves were starting to
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When you’re not an alcoholic but the leadership is convinced you are.
Japan was an interesting place for me. Too bad I was too young (early 20’s) to enjoy it properly as testosterone and hormones made me waste much time in unhealthy pursuits:). A friend of mine, a Petty Officer 2nd Class in the Navy was arrested one evening for “disrespect to an Airman.” He was drunk
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My Memoirs – USAFA
USAFA I won’t tell too many stories about the Air Force Academy. I didn’t like it there and I wasn’t there for myself, so without the internal motivation, I was not going to be successful. I went from being a Cadet in the class of ’85 to a Private in the Marines. However, it was
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Outland and Sean Connery
I’m sorry to see the passing of Sean Connery. He wasn’t my James Bond since I didn’t start watching them until Roger Moore. I saw the reruns with Sean Connery and was already ruined at that point. But I remember him in Outland, too. This movie received little acclaim, probably because the tropes were recycled
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The passing of another SF author
2020 can suck it. I’m staying out of the political firefights – no one wins in those. The end of the US election process can’t come soon enough and yes Facebook, by all that’s holy, I am going to vote. Stop sending me notices even though I opted out of them on the settings page.
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The Operator – the first chapter of Craig’s upcoming thriller
Yes – I read the first chapter and you can see that on my Facebook author page – https://www.facebook.com/martelle2/videos/10223172720130238/ Or… You could read it right here. CHAPTER ONE “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays
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Escaping into a good book because the real world sucks
I can’t do anything about COVID-19, but I can do something about books to read:) This isn’t a shameless plug, unless you don’t read, then I encourage you to get lost in a good book, any book. You can get a lot of entertainment at low to no cost. There is no more fertile world
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My take on the great TP run of 2020
My take on the great toilet paper run of 2020. I have twenty years in military intelligence followed by a career in business consulting (admittedly, as a lawyer) where I worked with human behaviors mainly, followed by a career as an author where I’ve published some 24 books in the post-apocalyptic genre. The bottom is
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On TV in Alaska
I was recently interviewed by KTVF-11 in Fairbanks. We talked for nearly an hour, mostly about the craft and discipline of writing, but all of that conversation hit the cutting room floor. The business side of being a self-published author made for the most compelling minute and a half. I’m happy to see that they