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Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-07T11:53:35-05:00

Well, that would be a good thing. people getting out and seeing things like that!

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Sat Apr 07, 2018 11:53 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-07T10:33:36-05:00

Aside from work the last two or three weeks covered pretty much everybody's kids Spring Breaks. I don't know about anybody else but I've been in Tucson Phoenix Flagstaff the Grand Canyon and Vegas since a week ago Wednesday. Maybe they're all taking their kids to Disney or something.

Statistics: Posted by mwdeans — Sat Apr 07, 2018 10:33 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-03T17:11:57-05:00

April fifth. (So it's going up really late tomorrow if all goes well.)

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Tue Apr 03, 2018 5:11 pm

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-03T10:54:52-05:00

I keep checking Amazon to see if your book is uploaded and ready yet. Gah! Want to reread it without all the interruptions I had.

Statistics: Posted by MarciaA — Tue Apr 03, 2018 10:54 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-03T06:42:37-05:00

So far everyone has said that they really like it. Including people that often don't mention that kind of thing when they read one of my books... So, I'm taking that as a good sign?

The struggle then will be in how many people want to give it a chance. It's not fantasy or sci-fi. If it goes big (it might! it's pretty timely and I hope thought-provoking) then there will be attacks from the extreme left. I'm showing them a mirror and they will not love seeing their reflection right now. (Probably one-star reviews, not hit squads. I know, I said "attacks" but there are limits.

On the other hand, if it doesn't find an audience in time, then it wasn't worth doing. (Even though, I think it was, as a book. it has a limited shelf life though, unless similar events actually happen in real life.)

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Tue Apr 03, 2018 6:42 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-02T09:10:31-05:00

Yes, I really enjoyed this one. I’d enjoy a follow up on it too
I’d like to slowly learn more of his background, and see how the war progresses and how well people manage.

Statistics: Posted by MarciaA — Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:10 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-04-02T07:18:22-05:00

The book should be going up in a few days. I need to get the blurbs ready and all that kind of thing.

Then I need some kind of advertising campaign. It's really different than most of what I have worked on in the past!

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Mon Apr 02, 2018 7:18 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-30T15:53:00-05:00

I have the same issue with my boss. That guy...

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Fri Mar 30, 2018 3:53 pm

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-30T13:30:51-05:00

It was one of your longer books too, over 150K. Took me eight or nine hours to get through it, not everyone has that much time or can take a day off for it. Not sure if that would account for it or not?

My boss is a workaholic jerk, but I can usually get a day off to proofread a P.S. Power book.

Self employed... the jerk is me, damned slave driver.

Statistics: Posted by David — Fri Mar 30, 2018 1:30 pm

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-30T12:50:44-05:00

After more editing. I've been waiting for people to get it back to me.

Work is a good reason for that one though. I'm NOT putting it out on April first. For the obvious reasons...

*Though I have been thinking about eventually getting a copy of "Grilled Cheese: Where Sauteing Meets Perfection" done finally...

I just have to have pictures for that one though.

But Yay! So far the people that I've heard back form seem to like it. The silence form so many is kind of eerie though. (
Well, that or I'm being paranoid. Which is always an option in life!)

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:50 pm

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-30T06:49:58-05:00

Well I just finished it late last night. Hadnt had much free time to read. That darn work issue, and family stuff.
I thought it was a good story, sucked me in and was frustrating every time i had to put it down!
When are you putting it up at anazon??

Statistics: Posted by MarciaA — Fri Mar 30, 2018 6:49 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-30T00:12:25-05:00

I haven't been getting many of these back yet, for some reason.

The reports back are all favorable, so I don't think it's that the writing sucks... I'll go over it again myself then. (Which I would have been doing anyway.)

Don't worry, the next books up are all back to being regular sci-fi/fantasy, for a bit. This one is a little lacking in wizards and superior technology...

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Fri Mar 30, 2018 12:12 am

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-27T16:56:19-05:00

I loved the book. I can tell I did because I want to read the next one so bad right now. I may be slightly biased due to the main character being a Marine with political ideals close to my own. I thought you handled the Marine Corps quite nicely. Your descriptions of how life in the Corps works and how Marines think in certain situations felt right to me. Especially the aspects of personality shown in the character of Sebastian throughout. One of the changes that boot camp makes in the recruits that pass through it is the near complete deadening of the panic response. I think it relates to the law of diminishing returns. If you keep pushing the same emotional button again and again the impact on the recipient of said push becomes less and less. Also, there is a drastic shift in what constitutes an emergency or problem. Issues that arise, and they always do, are just things to work past. So you have a lot of work to do in a short time frame, sleep becomes optional, perfection is not needed, mission first. All of that was there in Sebastian. I don't have the characters added special combat skills but you could read my whole service jacket without any of it being held back. I ran servers and networks while fixing computers in the field. I saw a lot of things without being a participant in them. I never even fired my rifle in Iraq. I drove in convoys, mostly because the driver has the most leg space and I'm 6'6". Which is not why I was allowed to drive. I was the lowest ranking Marine in my vehicle and the other two chose to put the one guy not licensed to drive military vehicles in the driver's seat cause they didn't want to drive. Worked out ok for me. You nailed Sebastian's personality as a prior service Marine. Great book.

Statistics: Posted by mwdeans — Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:56 pm

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-27T14:12:03-05:00

Did I mention that it's really patriotic? People might miss that part.

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:12 pm

Re: Patriot Smith and The Gray Man...

2018-03-25T00:08:14-05:00

Oh, while I need to wait for others to chime in, so far the one opinion I've gotten on Patriot Smith was very, very favorable. (Though not what was expected. Of course.)

So, yay!

Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Sun Mar 25, 2018 12:08 am