by David Reeder | Jan 31, 2018 | Uncategorized
Crossbows, Golden Eagles, and Verisimilitude How I get sideways, learn a lot, and get nothing done. Research in fiction is key to accuracy, plausibility, and verisimilitude – but it’s also a depthless as Kaidas1, a bottomless pit that sucks you waaaay in. I know this...
by David Reeder | Jan 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
React When Ready – Don’t go Shark-Eyed Don’t presume to assume. Don’t suppose you oppose. Think it through. React only when ready, and don’t go shark-eyed. We are about to enter a new year. If every year since…ever…is to be a...
by David Reeder | May 14, 2017 | Uncategorized
The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) released their Armed Conflict Survey a couple of days ago, beginning with the term hyper-violent criminality. Unfortunately for Mexicans, visitors to Mexico, and large numbers of US citizens living in frontera...
by David Reeder | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
“None of it’s perfect, Dave. None of it is wrong. It is, what it is, when it is. Until it isn’t…” That’s the last thing I remember Pat Rogers saying to me. We were, appropriately enough, talking tactics. I quoted him in a farewell piece I wrote...
by David Reeder | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
It seems to me there’s a certain level of hubris to having your own website, though it doesn’t sound nearly as bad as what they sometimes call a “fan page” on Facebook. I understand the wisdom if not the necessity of it, but it’s taken me...
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