Hugh Lupus's Blog: Writing ''An extra knot'', page 2
June 19, 2020
Book 6 update
Just passed 60,000 words
Looking at delivery to publisher sometime in July.
Looking at delivery to publisher sometime in July.
March 13, 2020
Book 6
Next up is book six which so far consists so far of about 10,000 words and a lot of notes.
More Greece and Italy with Russian involvement in the Balkans and with Turkey.
Plus the return of the Hood as she leaves Boston and arrives in Brisbane to lead the British Pacific fleet.
More Greece and Italy with Russian involvement in the Balkans and with Turkey.
Plus the return of the Hood as she leaves Boston and arrives in Brisbane to lead the British Pacific fleet.
February 28, 2020
Publication date
Book 5 should be out around the 5th of March!
The cover is ready and consists of the normal background with a photo of the three Stuka's mentioned in the story line.
Really excited!
The cover is ready and consists of the normal background with a photo of the three Stuka's mentioned in the story line.
Really excited!
February 14, 2020
Book 5
As of yesterday Book 5 was sent to my publisher!
There are a few hoops to jump through ,but it won't be long now.
Book 6 is already partly written as well.
Iv'e looked at the comments I've received and thank you all for both the good and the bad.
I have noticed that some people [on other sites] are disappointed that my books are not 'standard'
Alternate history, that there is a degree of poetry in them and the viewpoints include those of ships which are 'alive'.
In explanation all I can say that I am an engineer and so spend hours writing dull, dusty reports that have not an ounce of romance but tell tales dryly using functional words.
It would be possible,I suppose to write books like that,it is possible that there are books like that.
But I choose not to write like that ,because when I write I am not an engineer, I am Hugh Lupus and he writes as he sees things to be, not as they are.
So for new readers please consider this fair warning.
These books are not 'standard'.
They are a different war...... told [I hope] differently.
There are a few hoops to jump through ,but it won't be long now.
Book 6 is already partly written as well.
Iv'e looked at the comments I've received and thank you all for both the good and the bad.
I have noticed that some people [on other sites] are disappointed that my books are not 'standard'
Alternate history, that there is a degree of poetry in them and the viewpoints include those of ships which are 'alive'.
In explanation all I can say that I am an engineer and so spend hours writing dull, dusty reports that have not an ounce of romance but tell tales dryly using functional words.
It would be possible,I suppose to write books like that,it is possible that there are books like that.
But I choose not to write like that ,because when I write I am not an engineer, I am Hugh Lupus and he writes as he sees things to be, not as they are.
So for new readers please consider this fair warning.
These books are not 'standard'.
They are a different war...... told [I hope] differently.
November 29, 2019
Progress
I confess to being a blog virgin and I'm not at all sure if this will be of interest to anyone but here goes.
Book 5 is so far about 50,000 words towards completion.
I try here to begin to show how France has changed in this version of the second world war as well as mapping out how Italy fares without an Allied invasion and how Greece fares with one!
As well as previously introduced characters there will be Italian princesses and French prostitutes, locomotive drivers and a stubborn Greek village.
So I'm pushing on and hope to have it ready in the New Year.
And that was my first blog ever!
Regards
Hugh
Book 5 is so far about 50,000 words towards completion.
I try here to begin to show how France has changed in this version of the second world war as well as mapping out how Italy fares without an Allied invasion and how Greece fares with one!
As well as previously introduced characters there will be Italian princesses and French prostitutes, locomotive drivers and a stubborn Greek village.
So I'm pushing on and hope to have it ready in the New Year.
And that was my first blog ever!
Regards
Hugh
Writing ''An extra knot''
Book 7 is on its way to the publisher!
A British/Asturian army lands in Southern France. The Hood and her sisters take on Imperial Japan and two ships, one a former German and the other an American cow ...more
A British/Asturian army lands in Southern France. The Hood and her sisters take on Imperial Japan and two ships, one a former German and the other an American cow ...more
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