The Writing Process — “The Face of the Enemy”
Posted on Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Now that Tennessee Valor is out to the publishers there is nothing to be done about the manuscript. It is just a matter of waiting, and waiting; something a writer must endure.
I traveled to California [...]
Tennessee Valor — Update; January 16, 2012
Posted on Monday, January 16th, 2012
Tennessee Valor – Update: January 16, 2012
Nothing has happened for two weeks; no research, no correspondence, no map making, and no writing.
Instead—I have been sick with pneumonia; high fevers, congestion, and trying to cough away [...]
Tennessee Valor – update; 12/21/2011
Posted on Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
Tennessee Valor update – 12/21/2011
I have just completed editing and rewriting Chapter 11, with only one chapter to go.
Chapter 11 covered the 7th Tennessee’s experiences in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, and ultimately [...]
Tennessee Valor — Writing Update: December 13, 2011
Posted on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
Tennessee Valor – Writing Update
I have just completed rewriting and editing chapter 10, with but two chapters to go before this draft is complete. Presently, the manuscript is about 75,000 words (220 pages) with about [...]
Tennessee Valor — Update
Posted on Monday, December 5th, 2011
Tennessee Valor — writing update
I have resumed the final editing and writing, now that the Thanksgiving holidays are over and my schedule has returned to normal.
I have completed Chapter 7, which follows the 7th Tennessee [...]
Tennessee Valor – Writing Update, Nov. 17, 2011
Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Tennessee Valor – Writing update
I am working on the rewrite of chapter 5, having completed rewrites of the first four chapters. The first four chapters total 108 pages and some 40,000 words. Chapter 5 describes [...]
7th Tennessee – November 10-11, 1861
Posted on Friday, November 11th, 2011
Writings of men of the 7th Tennessee: November 10-11, 1861
10 November 1861:
David Phillips- [outside Huntersville, WV] – “Had to go on picket. Went about two and a half miles from camps up Greenbrier river. There were ten [...]
Tennessee Valor — Update: Part 2, October 6, 2011
Posted on Thursday, October 6th, 2011
TENNESSEE VALOR: The 7th Tennessee Infantry at Gettysburg – update part 2
I’ve completed the entire rough draft!
I am now taking a couple weeks off and then will work through the manuscript, editing and preparing a [...]
Tennessee Valor — Update, September 18, 2011
Posted on Sunday, September 18th, 2011
TENNESSEE VALOR : The 7th Tennessee Infantry at Gettysburg
I have just begun the final chapter of Tennessee Valor. This chapter is a description of the last months’ of trench warfare outside of Petersburg, the 7th’s [...]
7th Tennessee Infantry — September 12 -14, 1861
Posted on Sunday, September 18th, 2011
September 12, 1861: Cheat Mountain Summary, (West) Virginia
Although all of Lee’s troops had been in their assigned positions the coordinated attack never occurred. Apparently, it had been up to Col. Rust, leading the 3rd Arkansas [...]
