Unfortunately, we've hit a few snags on the way to our initial launch date. As I went over a final review of the layout file I was prepared to offer the printer, I was astonished to see typos. So... I started going through them. Still am and I apologize. This is no-one's fault. As well, other things have happened in my life recently that have slowed things down but not stopped it.
As a result, as my token of thanks, I am adding four additional scenes to the novel that do not currently appear in the e-book version. I do plan to add these scenes to the e-book upon the launch of the print edition.
So hang in there. And in the meantime, you can always by War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History,by Michael Cnudde, as an e-book from here. It's just $2.99 to buy, free to try.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Friday, September 16, 2011
Estimate from Printers!
War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History is one more step to seeing life as a printed book. This week I received the estimate for how much it would cost to go ahead with a print run. I will meet with the printers rep next week to finalize a few details.
More as this as it develops!
Meanwhile, you can still purchase War Plan Crimson as an E-book. Just $2.99, free to try. What more could you want?
More as this as it develops!
Meanwhile, you can still purchase War Plan Crimson as an E-book. Just $2.99, free to try. What more could you want?
Editorial: A Whirlwind of Irrationality
I wrote this in the online Comments section of the Globe and Mail in response to an article the tells how US Tea Party Candidate Michelle Bachmann believes that the HPV vaccine causes "mental retardation."
If I don't sound too puffed up with myself, I think it bears repeating...
The United States (and Canada) is now caught up in a whirlwind of irrationality where our worst nightmares happen: vaccines make us sick; President Obama isn't an American; 9-11 was an inside job; global warming isn't human caused or isn't happening and is itself a conspiracy; we didn't land on the moon; the Illuminati and their brethren secretly rule the world through such organizations as Skull and Bones and the Bhomenian Grove; little grey aliens are working with the Hidden Government to produce human/alien hybrids; chemtrails and HARRP are secret weapons designed to depopulate the planet and much, much more...
Such irrationality is bred out of our insecurities and fears where we try to find explanations - conspiracy theories - that satisfy ourselves by "connecting the dots" and disregarding all evidence to the contrary. Sometimes this is done to an extreme, almost fanatical, level. Sometimes that evidence is even twisted around to be used in support of the theory. However, for all their sound and fury, seldom are these conspiracy theories correct. As Jung once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
Or something like that.
If I don't sound too puffed up with myself, I think it bears repeating...
The United States (and Canada) is now caught up in a whirlwind of irrationality where our worst nightmares happen: vaccines make us sick; President Obama isn't an American; 9-11 was an inside job; global warming isn't human caused or isn't happening and is itself a conspiracy; we didn't land on the moon; the Illuminati and their brethren secretly rule the world through such organizations as Skull and Bones and the Bhomenian Grove; little grey aliens are working with the Hidden Government to produce human/alien hybrids; chemtrails and HARRP are secret weapons designed to depopulate the planet and much, much more...
Such irrationality is bred out of our insecurities and fears where we try to find explanations - conspiracy theories - that satisfy ourselves by "connecting the dots" and disregarding all evidence to the contrary. Sometimes this is done to an extreme, almost fanatical, level. Sometimes that evidence is even twisted around to be used in support of the theory. However, for all their sound and fury, seldom are these conspiracy theories correct. As Jung once said, "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar."
Or something like that.
Friday, September 9, 2011
First Book Sold Through Retail Site!
First the good news: we sold the first copy of War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History from a retail site. Of course,it continues to be available through Smashwords where the price is a mere $2.99, zero to try. Meanwhile, we're still working on getting the paperback version launched... I hope to have more on this in the near future.
Finally, here's a picture of me reading at the newly renovated The Well from an earlier self-published effort, a collection of alt-history short stories entitled Elvis Saves JFK! I hope to have a Somerset House E-book edition of it available soon.
Finally, here's a picture of me reading at the newly renovated The Well from an earlier self-published effort, a collection of alt-history short stories entitled Elvis Saves JFK! I hope to have a Somerset House E-book edition of it available soon.
Friday, August 19, 2011
War Plan Crimson is Now Available at Barnes & Noble!
Good news! War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History by Michael Cnudde is now available at Barnes & Noble for just $2.99! Meanwhile, Crimson, is also available at Smashwords, $2.99 to buy, free to try.
Good news also is that we should finally have an estimate for the trade paperback edition of Crimson sometime next week so that we can begin our long-awaited launch of the paperback version. I'll keep you posted on this as things develop.
Good news also is that we should finally have an estimate for the trade paperback edition of Crimson sometime next week so that we can begin our long-awaited launch of the paperback version. I'll keep you posted on this as things develop.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Literary Wars: Canada vs. the United States
I'm not the first author to write about conflict Canada between and the United States. I'll write today about two of my favorite novels in this genere. The first is Exxoneration, by Richard Rhomer (1974: Paperjacks).
The novel is the sequel to Ultimatum (1974: Paperjacks) which details a 1980 showdown between Canada and US over oil. Ultimatum ends with the President of the United States ("a Texan facing re-election"), announcing the fait-accompli annexation of Canada by the United States. In a maneuver worthy of Defense Scheme One, with waves of of US occupation troops on their way to land at major Canadian airports, the outgunned Canadian army is able to trap the US forces on the ground as they land, thus saving the day and forcing a US withdrawl.
The author, Richard Rhomer is no slouch: a decorated RCAF fighter pilot, he is credited with piloting the reconnaissance plane over Normandy in July, 1944 that directed the airstrke that killed none other than the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, who is a major character in War Plan Crimson.
The second novel, Bruce Powe's Killing Ground: the Canadian Civil War (1968: Peter Martin Associates), was written at a time (pre-October Crisis) when English Canadian and French Canadian tensions were just beginning to boil and no-one knew which direction things would take. Fortunately, in reality, cooler heads prevailed on both the federalist and sovereigntist sides and the violence never largely happened.
The book ends with the concerned United States government, under the guise of UN intervention, launching an invasion of Canada. How realistic is this particular scenario? During the previously mentioned October Crisis, which placed parts of Ontario and most of Quebec effectively under martial law due to two high-profile kidnappings by the FLQ, in October 1970, a former professor of mine at the University of Otttawa took a roadtrip to Morrisburg, Ontario, which is on the Canada/US border. He said he could clearly see American armor and other mechanized equipment lined up on the other side, ready to go. Although I can not confirm or deny this, I am still inclined to believe him.
Fortunately, neither scenario has come to pass and have remained just some very interesting fiction. In the meantime, you can always read another interesting fiction, War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History, by Michael Cnudde ($2.99 to buy as an e-book; free to sample).
The novel is the sequel to Ultimatum (1974: Paperjacks) which details a 1980 showdown between Canada and US over oil. Ultimatum ends with the President of the United States ("a Texan facing re-election"), announcing the fait-accompli annexation of Canada by the United States. In a maneuver worthy of Defense Scheme One, with waves of of US occupation troops on their way to land at major Canadian airports, the outgunned Canadian army is able to trap the US forces on the ground as they land, thus saving the day and forcing a US withdrawl.
The author, Richard Rhomer is no slouch: a decorated RCAF fighter pilot, he is credited with piloting the reconnaissance plane over Normandy in July, 1944 that directed the airstrke that killed none other than the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel, who is a major character in War Plan Crimson.
The second novel, Bruce Powe's Killing Ground: the Canadian Civil War (1968: Peter Martin Associates), was written at a time (pre-October Crisis) when English Canadian and French Canadian tensions were just beginning to boil and no-one knew which direction things would take. Fortunately, in reality, cooler heads prevailed on both the federalist and sovereigntist sides and the violence never largely happened.
The book ends with the concerned United States government, under the guise of UN intervention, launching an invasion of Canada. How realistic is this particular scenario? During the previously mentioned October Crisis, which placed parts of Ontario and most of Quebec effectively under martial law due to two high-profile kidnappings by the FLQ, in October 1970, a former professor of mine at the University of Otttawa took a roadtrip to Morrisburg, Ontario, which is on the Canada/US border. He said he could clearly see American armor and other mechanized equipment lined up on the other side, ready to go. Although I can not confirm or deny this, I am still inclined to believe him.
Fortunately, neither scenario has come to pass and have remained just some very interesting fiction. In the meantime, you can always read another interesting fiction, War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History, by Michael Cnudde ($2.99 to buy as an e-book; free to sample).
Thursday, August 11, 2011
More New Top-Secret Defence Scheme One Documents Uncovered!
This is very good news. Not only can I tell you that I have received the final version of the cover and inside for the trade paperback version of War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History by Michael Cnudde, I can also share with you some more Defence Scheme One documents.
These two unsigned and undated pages were part of a call for criticism of the plan. One of the major points the anonymous author makes is that "...the most difficult point in the Scheme, is that, in fact, is drawn up with Forces which are to a certain extent, non-existent... it would take a considerable time to organize, train and equip."
The author, while agreeing with the concept of advancing into the U.S. to buy time and gain sufficient depth warns that "...the American Forces are considerably stronger and better equipped." It makes for interesting reading and shows some of the very real challenges any presumptive Canadian advance would've faced.
....Meanwhile, until we launch the eagerly-awaited trade paperback version of Crimson (and I've had more than a few inquiries), you can always get an E-book version of War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History, here at Smashwords. Just $2.99, free to preview. As I said, a bargain at twice the price.
These two unsigned and undated pages were part of a call for criticism of the plan. One of the major points the anonymous author makes is that "...the most difficult point in the Scheme, is that, in fact, is drawn up with Forces which are to a certain extent, non-existent... it would take a considerable time to organize, train and equip."
The author, while agreeing with the concept of advancing into the U.S. to buy time and gain sufficient depth warns that "...the American Forces are considerably stronger and better equipped." It makes for interesting reading and shows some of the very real challenges any presumptive Canadian advance would've faced.
....Meanwhile, until we launch the eagerly-awaited trade paperback version of Crimson (and I've had more than a few inquiries), you can always get an E-book version of War Plan Crimson, A Novel of Alternate History, here at Smashwords. Just $2.99, free to preview. As I said, a bargain at twice the price.
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