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War Journal 53: No Titles for Gluttons

One of the guys here, Andrew, strolls casually into the room, a smug grin on his face. “Guess what they got at the PX.” It didn’t really matter.  The Post Exchange never has anything.  These folks are selling juice at … Continue reading →

Creative Combat Arms: Foreshadowing

I figured this aspect of creative writing was safe from my roving, disapproving eye.  I mean, in my mind it’s essential to fiction like verbs are to sentences.  Maybe.  But enough of me showing foreshadowing in perhaps too subtle ways!  … Continue reading →

War Journal 52: Picture Me Rollin’

So after my resplendent vacation, I decided it was time to update the ol’ trusty web presence.  I went here, to Amazon, and even Codex, putting the new face of Beamon all over the place.  A happier Beamon.  A smiley-er … Continue reading →

War Journal 51: Resurgence

Three words for you: I’m back baby! Ok, more words than that.  I had a time that superseded “great” in the Caribbean.  Sorry if your eyes are sensitive, but sometimes you can only get the point across with expletives as … Continue reading →

Trench Gristle 07: The Testament of Breaking Bread

I’m checking out of Afghanistan in less than a week, and all I can really think about is the vacation.  Unless some news of epic proportions hits my doorstep, you guys won’t hear much from me until the last days … Continue reading →

War Journal 50: The Rattled Cage

For the past three weeks, I have really been absentee when it came to my own writing.  I finished another chapter of the book but I was only taking light stabs and the subsequent chapter.  No short stories either.  Zero writing’s … Continue reading →

Intelligence Report: Submitomancy

Duotrope’s about to be replaced.  You can’t say I didn’t see it coming. Outside of the poor customer relations when it came to the pay-to-play transition, the biggest burn for users of Duotrope was the seemingly steep $50 dollar price … Continue reading →

Fun News

Every now and again, I run across some news that’s just plain fun, the kind of stuff that inspires me as a regular dude turned science fiction writer.  Here’s the tidbits I ran across over the last couple days: The … Continue reading →

Intelligence Report: Duotrope Revisited

Just in case you only subscribe to my site as a writer resource and have been so engrossed in your current story that you haven’t heard… Duotrope is going away.  Not out of business, at least not yet, but the … Continue reading →

War Journal 49: The Rundown

Normally, I tend to use the War Journal to tell you about my adventures deployed and in the writing world.  Not so today.  I work with a lot of interesting characters, people who have their own crazy stories.  Not telling … Continue reading →