Month: September 2025

8:47am Battalion 1: Battalion 1 to Manhattan. Dispatch: Battalion 1. Battalion 1: We just had a plane crash into upper floors of the World Trade Center. Transmit a second alarm and start relocating companies into the area. D: 10-4 Battalion 1. Engine 10: Engine 1-0, World Trade Center 10-60. Send every available ambulance, everything you’ve … Read more

While researching the French Resistance for my novel, which features a POV character that eventually partakes in the movement as a spy, I couldn’t help but notice many of the commonalities between the resistance then along with the challenges they faced, and the resistance to MAGA here in the US now. When France was defeated … Read more

I suspect a lot of aspiring authors have entered this title into Google. Even I have begun to wonder just how realistic my own timeline is. I think the answer also depends on the genre you’re writing for. As a historical fiction writer, I cannot afford to cut any corners in research, even if I … Read more

Last night I watched a few videos on the Jubilee YouTube channel where both gay men and lesbian women tested their “gaydar” by meeting a lineup of men and women and asking a few questions in addition to presentation to determine whether someone was gay or straight. The entire time I was watching this, I … Read more

While researching my novel Liberation, which follows the point of view of a foreign correspondent and war reporter, I was left with many questions about how reporters embedded with troops on the front lines went about submitting their stories for the world to read. At a time when cellphones can be used to instantly transmit … Read more