After posting the completed story '15 Days' -- my sincere thanks to all those who downloaded, voted, commented on the story --I fell into 'the doldrums', my usual post posting mood . However I determined not to wallow in whatever it is I feel after completing a story and eventually set to writing the third book in the Linkage series. After ten chapters I realised I was bored writing the story.
If I am bored writing what will any reader feel when reading my stuff? No prizes for getting the correct answer. So I stopped and took a break from writing and haven't put digit to keyboard since the 18th January. So what have I been doing in the meantime you may ask? I shall tell you, even those who aren't the slightest bit interested, and why indeed should they be.
I have always been interested in military history. I was a member of the Napoleonic Association for many years and played war games; on table top and Play By Mail. In 2000 I bought a computer, discovered Sid Meier's Gettysburg and Antietam and table top war gaming and PBM went into the bin. I went on to discover Mad Minute Games and then Scourge of War -- Take Command 2nd Manassas(TC2M) for the first and the whole gamut of Gettysburg , Antietam ,Chancellorsville, Pipe Creek, Brandy Station and Waterloo for the second.
Last November I upgraded to Windows 10 and nothing other than TC2M will now work. I can't even get the Gettysburg disc to load, but I do still have TC2M and have been playing that since hanging up my quill. I have to admit I am no Jackson, hardly even a Pope on a bad day and frequently have my arse handed to me by the AI. Currently I am facing the Left Wing of the NVA and don't fancy my chances but perhaps the AI might have a off day. Anyway when I have finished the game or have been finished more like, probably by the end of this week, I intend getting back to the third book in the Linkage series. I have some thought that might make the story more interesting.
TC2M runs under Windows 10 with no problem at all yet when I bought it my PC had Windows XP as the OS, in fact all the Scourge of War programs ran OK under XP and Windows 7 but cannot handle Windows 10. How strange is that?
Best regards
Jack G