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Tuesday, May 21, 2024

State of the Author, and a little silliness

 Hello all,


I’m still here, still getting my daily oxygen fix. :-)

Sorry about the lack of posting, my day job has been far more hectic than anticipated.

I’m still plugging away on Book 4, which I’ve decided will be titled ‘The Lone Star, The Red Banner, and the Rising Sun’. No publication date at this time.

In other publication news, as soon as I get confirmation that the rights have reverted back to me, I will be cleaning up and publishing two short stories that I wrote some time ago. Stay tuned for updates on that.

And now for the silliness. This is something I wrote  after having to go get a new parking permit for the community I live in. What can I say, it was hot and I was feeling silly that day…


And it came to pass in those days that a Decree went out from the Owner of the Community that all the renter's vehicles should be enrolled. (Now this was the first enrollment while Abbott was Governor of Texas.)

 

So then did D.A., of the House of Brock, take up his burden for the arduous pilgrimage, travelling without companionship as he liveth with none other.

 

After a journey of many yards did the fabled Office of Management come into sight. This heartened the weary Traveller, and he sped his steps thither. After a short time did he pass through the gates of the magnificent edifice, whereupon he was ushered into the presence of the Property Manager.

 

After making the proper obesiance and telling the purpose of his journey, the Traveller's petition was accepted by the Property Manager, who duly made the appropriate notations in the Rolls of the Community, presenting the token of the pilgrim's obediance to the Decrees of Management.

 

Pleased and relieved that the quest had been completed, the Traveller sped his steps Homeward, and upon arrival did he without delay affix the Token of Obediance to his faithful steed, the noble F-150 of the House of Ford. Thus was the vehicle assured of a place in the Lot of Parking.

 

This done, the weary Traveller returned to his normal daily tasks.


Copyright 2024 D.A. Brock

Saturday, December 23, 2023

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

A Christmas Present for Texas Navy fans!

 Book 3 of the ‘Republic of Texas Navy’ series, ‘Texas in the Med’ should go live on Amazon on or about December 24, 2023.


This means that all of the snippets for that book will disappear. For the anonymous commenter who asked for an update earlier tonight, I apologize for not seeing your comment sooner.


Thanks for your patience, everybody. This one was harder than I thought it would be. Hopefully Book 4 will go faster.


D.A. Brock

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Going to P-Con

 Got my schedule worked out so that I can go to P-Con in Dallas on September 15 - 17, 2023.

Hopefully I’ll see some of you there.

https://www.p-con.us/


D.A. Brock

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Series schedule

 After reading a post (and the comments) over at Monster Hunter Nation regarding people who won’t read a series until the author has finished it, I thought it would be a good idea to post my anticipated plans for the ‘Republic of Texas Navy’ series.

I am currently working on book 3 of the series, with the working title ‘Texas in the Med’, and I have already posted several snippets here. At this time, I anticipate there will be a total of four books in the WW2 story arc (This includes ‘Texas at the Coronation’). So, one more book after the one I’m working on now.

After that, there will be a time jump of about 20 years into a Cold War / Space Race story arc, possibly with Karl and Viola’s children as the primary characters.

After that, who knows? I’ve got the itch to write some Sci-Fi, so I may jump forward another couple hundred years (TEXAS…IN…SPAAAAAAACE ;-) )


D.A. Brock

Monday, February 20, 2023

Comments to previous posts

Sorry about the long delay in approving comments.

Blogger is supposed to notify me when there are new comments waiting, but that doesn’t seem to be happening.

Looks like I’ll have to make a point of checking it every day.