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Summer Baseball
My oldest son is becoming quite the baseball player. He tried out for and made the local American Legion team this summer. From time to time I post pictures of him playing ball. The team is the Boise...
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I’ve been adding new build pages for several of the models I built over the past year. I’m just about caught up. So if you enjoy looking at the behind the scenes images of each model being built you’ve...
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Rediscovered Bookstore Expansion
My favorite Indie bookstore in downtown Boise is growing. They’ve started an expansion project and are using IndieGoGo to fund it. If you’re a Boise area resident and love books and book stores,...
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Building The Renoke, Part 3
Continuing on from where we left off before, here's the details inside the other side of the ship. Most of these parts are tank and truck related with plenty of strips of various sizes of plastic. This...
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Renoke Model Update
Almost finished detailing the top and sides of the Renoke model. Took a few minutes this weekend to hit with some gray primer. I just used car primer in spray paint. I do this during construction to...
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Summer Baseball
My oldest son Jack made the American Legion team for his High School this summer. At about the mid-point in the season, the Boise Gems have only lost two games. Here are some pics of Jack playing...
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Writing Update
As I’ve said before on this blog, 2015 is the year I publish four new books. I wrote these books over the past two years and this year I’m editing them and bringing them to press. It’s a slow process...
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Renoke Model Update
Not much action on the model this week, too much baseball. Hope to get at it this weekend though! Here is the stern minus the engine and inverted for working on the bottom.
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Time For More Baseball Pictures
My son’s baseball team (Boise Gems American Legion) played a ton of games, at least one per day, sometimes two, over a ten day period last week and won all of them but one. Just amazing. Especially...
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Weekend Model Update – Renoke
Still working on the bottom of the model. From the mid point to the stern is pretty much completed. Moving on to the bow, full steam ahead. I also spent some time on the stern details, not pictured....
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Renoke Model Update
Top and Bottom of the Renoke model. The state of the model as of mid-July is as above. Everything is detailed and painted with primer except for the engine and the bridge. I’ve ordered some LED lights...
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Writing Update
Still plugging away on edits for The Blood Empress. Soon as I finish that, I’m into the second draft of Devon’s Blade. I’m eager to get these novellas done and out there, I think folks will like them....
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Tennessee Vacation
For the next week I’ll be in middle Tennessee on vacation. This is usually a fairly productive time for me as I have nothing important to do except lounge around and eat good food. I plan on working...
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Devon’s Blade Draft Two
I just completed my read through for Draft Two of the Devon’s Blade novella. All issues raised by the Beta Readers have been addressed. It reads fast and the story is pretty tight. No wasted space, as...
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Historical Inspiration
Lydia Litvak Katya Budanova Lydia and Katya planning a mission. When I first came up with the plot for my novella, Devon’s Blade I was looking for inspiration in developing the secondary character who...
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Votainion K’nat Fighter
The next novella I’ll write is called K’nat Trap and it takes place between Starstrikers and XiniX. It’s about a Starstriker mission, led by Kiloe, to secure a new Votainion starfighter that has the...
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Votainion Triak Starfighter
The primary Votainion starfighter in the Starstrikers Era is the Triak. This twin engine, twin canon design is fast and deadly. A direct ancestor of the Twin Tube design from the early war years, the...
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Alliance Spieron Starfighter
The primary starfighter of the Alliance in the middle trilogy or Starstrikers Era is the Spieron. It’s fast and sleek and well loved by pilots. I built this model in 1/48 scale out of poster board. But...
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John Scalzi Signing
We don’t get best selling Sci-F authors here in the fly over state of Idaho. Ever. So don’t miss your chance to see John Scalzi at the Boise Public Library this Thursday night at 7:00 PM. While you’re...
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Renoke Model Update
It’s been a while since I posted a picture of the Renoke model, so here a few new ones. I’m focusing on the bridge now, adding details and installing fiber optics. I have to wire up the head lights and...
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