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Dinosaur Wars book 4 cover art
With more fur and feathers being discovered on dino fossils almost daily, we need to keep up-to-date in our book illustrations. Tyranno-lion, anybody? Continue reading
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Tagged Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Wars, jurassic world, new, novel, tyrannosaur, young adult
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Writing in 40s Vernacular
How does one go about relearning the lost vernacular of another time? Fortunately, there are ways to do it. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, aviators, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, Uncle Herb, vernacular, world war 2
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Crocodile Attack!
A little known fact of the Solomon Islands campaign of World War II, is that some of the casualties were due to crocodiles. The swamps and rivers in those jungle isles abound with the largest and hungriest of all the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, crocodylus porosus, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, New Georgia Island, solomon islands, Uncle Herb
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Uncle Herb’s Story–Complete at Last!
If I have done my job as a writer well then you will see what it really means for heroes to go and fight and bleed and die to protect the ones they love. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, aviators, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, novel, Uncle Herb, world war 2
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Writing–too busy to blog
I just plowed my way through the central description of Herb’s gun battle with Japanese Zeros bent on avenging his torpedo bomber striking a destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Fleet. Continue reading
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Tagged 1943, Avenger, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, New Georgia Island, torpedo bomber, Uncle Herb
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Ebola vaccine overnight!
I could use methods I developed years ago, to create an ebola vaccine overnight. No, really. Continue reading
Posted in Author, Real Science
Tagged ebola, Hopp and Woods, synthetic, The Jihad Virus, The Neah Virus, vaccine
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Flight of the Avenger
My Uncle Herbert’s World War II story is a classic American tale of military bravery and sacrifice. I’m busy writing it now. Continue reading
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Tagged aviators, guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Aviators, herbert hopp, unbroken, Uncle Herb, world war 2
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Dinosaur Wars 3 paperback available now!
Now, at last, if you have been following the adventures of Kit Daniels and Chase Armstrong on the printed page, you can complete their journey with them. Continue reading
Posted in Author, From Outta Space
Tagged Blood On The Moon, Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Wars, new, paperback, space opera, young adult
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New paperback — almost here
Third book in the Dinosaur Wars trilogy. Soon to be in paperback–very soon. Continue reading
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Tagged Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Wars, novel, paperback, science fiction
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More fuzzy dinosaurs
I created furry dinosaurs in my Dinosaur Wars novels ten years ago, based on a simple, unproven, but reasonable thought. Continue reading
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Tagged counterattack, Dinosaur Country, Dinosaur Tales, Dinosaur Wars, feathers, Kulindadromeus, pachyrhinosaurus
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