Asha’s Ramblins’ History for the Reader

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Hello everyone! It’s me, Asha, of course. I hope ya’ll are doing well and had a great week. Today, I would like to talk about the Major’s books and how my family and I fit into the big picture—give a little historical perspective.

First, Major Scott has lived quite a unique life. His parents were missionaries and he attended thirteen different schools in twelve years that included places like Chicago, East Tennessee, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Colombia, where he graduated.

If that wasn’t enough, he joined the Army less than four years after graduation and served at Fort Bragg, Fort Sam Houston, and Berlin. He was an AirBorne medic for seven years before he left the Army to get his Bachelor’s Degree and join ROTC.

When the Major completed college in 1989 with a BA in Secondary Education, he was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in Military Intelligence. During his remaining fifteen years before retiring in 2005, he was deployed to the Middle East three times, earning a Bronze Star in 2004. After retirement, he went back to Iraq for his fourth deployment as a contractor.

Holding a MA degree in Information Management and a MBA in Business Administration, he now lives in Orlando, Florida, teaches Business and Computer courses at a local college, and of course, he writes books. The Major enjoys weekends with his wife, two grown kids, their spouses, and four grandchildren. Living near Disney World, Sea World, and Universal has its advantages. : )

I share all of this with you so that you, the reader, might have a better understanding about his writings—his diversity, multi-cultural experience, exciting adventures, and uniqueness, especially with his characters—like me. Hee hee, ha ha.

So that you will not be confused by Major Scott’s numerous books, he always edits after a proof and since he has been doing his own book covers lately, you may see some of them with the same name but different covers. He may also have the same story line under two different titles.

Beginning with his non-fiction memoir, there are several covers for Stone in a Sling and two covers for All I Could Be. Next, he wrote a time travel novella, titled Eternal Eye when published by iUniverse. He changed that title to Duty Recall when he became independent.

Then, Major Scott signed a contract with Tate Publishing and had the pen name, Al M. Scott, but they eventually went out of business, leading him back to being fully independent. He published two titles with Tate, the original, Love in the House of War and Flame in Paradise. He has since changed the name of the second one to The Hawkins: Army of One. There are several different covers for each of these mentioned.

My dad meets my mom in Love in the House of War, and there is an exciting surprise at the very end! The sequel, The Hawkins: Army of One introduces me as an twelve year-old about to turn thirteen. This novella also introduces my two brothers, Caleb and Seth, as well as my newly adopted sister, Miriam, who is part of the story plot. She is an Iraqi refugee—something the Major has personal experience with since retiring.

One last thing to tell you about Major Scott’s writings. To appease all type of readers, his books are considered novellas, however, he combined Love in the House of War with The Hawkins: Army of One as part one and part two to make it a full novel.

Recently, he condensed Love in the House of War with a more direct, fast-paced plot for the Short Story fans. That title is, The Magic Carpet Ride to Paradise. He plans to do the same with The Hawkins: Army of One, and if you want to be a part of a contest to give this a new title, submit your response to this Blog. The Major will acknowledge the name of the winner in the credits and he or she will receive a $10.00 Amazon gift card.

 Well, enough of my Ramblins’ for today. I have attached pictures of my mom (Look left-most people say I look just like her), Mariam, and Seth (below). I posted Caleb’s picture a couple weeks ago.

Mom took me to get some glamour shots for my sixteenth birthday coming up next week! (Picture at top). She and my dad said that the photos make me look older.

I asked my dad if I could post a recent photo of him and he said, “I’m not down.”

Huh? I asked, “What are you talking about?”

Then he said, “No can do.”

I asked him, “Why not?”

He kissed me on the forehead, said, “I still love ya though,” and walked away.

UGH!

Verse of the week:

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. – Isaiah 7:9

Websites for the Major’s books:

https://scottameehan.com/published-books

 https://www.ptsio.org/published-books

Bah,

Asha (One each)

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