self-publishing

Thanks General Berger!

I know the Commandant isn't going to read my blog, but on the off chance he's trolling the internet while he should be running the Marine Corps I wanted to give him a big "Thank You, Sir!" You see, General Berger just released his selections for the Commandant's Professional Reading Program (colloquially known as "The Commandant's Reading List") and my first book, After Action, is on it. I'm humbled and honored that General Berger, and the Marines tasked with narrowing a metric butt-ton of books down to 46 titles, felt my book was important enough that all Marines should read [...]

Update on “Continuing Actions: A Warrior’s Guide to Coming Home”

After a year and a half of work, my second book, titled Continuing Actions: A Warrior's Guide to Coming Home, is nearing completion.  I've just finished the final edits and am turning my attention to interior formatting, cover design, and cover copy.  Once those final pieces fall into place, the book will be available on amazon.com in paperback and Kindle formats. When I finished my first book, After Action, I took a deep breath, patted myself on the back, and prepared to do something else.  After almost three years of writing and editing, I was ready to put that book behind me and [...]

Feedback for “Continuing Action: Completing the Warrior’s Journey.”

Just before Thanksgiving I sent copies of the book I've been working on, Continuing Action: Completing the Warrior's Journey, to a few people for some "test reads."  I'd gotten the manuscript to the point where I needed some fresh eyes to tell me if it made any sense. I kept the number of readers small but spread them out across several key demographics.  While my target audience is centered on veterans and their families, I needed to get feedback from classical scholars, leaders of non-profits, mental-health professionals, and active-duty military personnel as well.  This is because Continuing Action addresses shortcomings in the way modern [...]

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