[Written in 2002. Events like this could happen in 2025 if President Harris carries out her threats to ban semi-automatic weapons by executive decree.]
In my imagination, Rebel Yell is all fixed up and repainted, and ready for a trip back to Jamaica with a full load of drums of diesel and gasoline. But in real life, I'm not going to write another novel for a while.
So you're "THE Matt Bracken". One of the best books I've ever read is Enemies Foreign and Domestic. Who knows how many copies were sold to friends that I recommended it too. I'm going to have to get the rest of the series which I didn't even know existed since I purchased the first one.
That's a great compliment! I think the plot and characters in EFAD stand up well even today, but I also believe my writing craft has improved a lot too.
IS MATT A PROPHET OR A WELL EDUCATED SOLDIER AND HISTORIAN ? I SAY SOME OF EACH. SO I SUGGEST LEARNING FROM
MATTS BOOKS, HIS KNOWLEDGE, AND WISDOM. BECAUSE VERY SOON THE COMMUNIST DEEP STATE WILL STRIKE AGAINST US AND ELIMINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THEY DID JFK. AND FROM THERE THE JACK BOOTED SS AGENTS OF THE DEEP STATE WILL BEGIN TO USURP OUR RIGHTS AS THEY BURN THE CONSTITUTION AND RAID OUR HOMES. MY WAY TO STAY FREE AND ALIVE IS TO NEVER SURRENDER. NEVER.
I am reading this book right now and enjoying it thoroughly. I think you're a great storyteller, Matthew. I am really looking forward to reading your other work. I wish there were more people like you, LTC Murray, and Yon out there. I have been listening to every podcast I can find with you guys for years, and I'm right there with you. Keep up the great work, and many thanks.
and You Know It's Coming Too. ...... that You Don't "Want" it is Totally Irrelevant, Comrades.
Si vis pacem para bellum
I need to make time to re-read EF&D soon - it's been a minute.
Also hoping that the boatyard repair/refit on the Rebel Yell is already underway.
In my imagination, Rebel Yell is all fixed up and repainted, and ready for a trip back to Jamaica with a full load of drums of diesel and gasoline. But in real life, I'm not going to write another novel for a while.
Understood. DR probably Still takes plenty of your time.
Rebel Yell has been a great "anchor" for some of your best stories, and some of the most enjoyable I've read.
I appreciate all the time and effort you put into bringing those stories to us.
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That's why I write, so thank you. But at 67 I can tell I'm running out of steam in some respects.
Imagine that. After what we just recently experienced during the "pandemic" what could possibly go wrong?
Oh, man. Just one act of incompetence after another. Too real!
One of my favorite parts of the book. So easy to see it happen in real life.
So you're "THE Matt Bracken". One of the best books I've ever read is Enemies Foreign and Domestic. Who knows how many copies were sold to friends that I recommended it too. I'm going to have to get the rest of the series which I didn't even know existed since I purchased the first one.
That's a great compliment! I think the plot and characters in EFAD stand up well even today, but I also believe my writing craft has improved a lot too.
IS MATT A PROPHET OR A WELL EDUCATED SOLDIER AND HISTORIAN ? I SAY SOME OF EACH. SO I SUGGEST LEARNING FROM
MATTS BOOKS, HIS KNOWLEDGE, AND WISDOM. BECAUSE VERY SOON THE COMMUNIST DEEP STATE WILL STRIKE AGAINST US AND ELIMINATE PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THEY DID JFK. AND FROM THERE THE JACK BOOTED SS AGENTS OF THE DEEP STATE WILL BEGIN TO USURP OUR RIGHTS AS THEY BURN THE CONSTITUTION AND RAID OUR HOMES. MY WAY TO STAY FREE AND ALIVE IS TO NEVER SURRENDER. NEVER.
I am reading this book right now and enjoying it thoroughly. I think you're a great storyteller, Matthew. I am really looking forward to reading your other work. I wish there were more people like you, LTC Murray, and Yon out there. I have been listening to every podcast I can find with you guys for years, and I'm right there with you. Keep up the great work, and many thanks.
If you haven’t read the trilogy I highly recommend you do! And take notes! 📝.