Originally posted by vespican at SIGNED BOOK GIVEAWAY!
For some time I've watched the "LIKES" for my Facebook Page creep upwards.  A few days ago the "LIKE" count reached 100.  As promised, I'm conducting a Signed Book Giveaway to celebrate!  Details below.
Dave

Signed Book Giveaway!

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Most years I and the family attempt to send Christmas cards to family and friends.  For the past few years we've also created and sent our version of the dreaded "family newsletter."  Perhaps we are behind this year because of last month's windstorm and the eight days we were without power... hard to tell.

Anyway, I've decided that in place of ( Read more... )

Mentioned the other day that I'm back into the third Stone Island Sea Story... tentatively titled Darnahsian Pirates.  Anyway, finished up chapter seven and thought I'd share it.  It's still a bit rough, especially the recent part.  I've bolded the beginning of what I've just written.  I can't say for sure, but there just might be some spoilers in ( Read more... )

With the esteemed "captain," anteros_lmc of the following_sea community celebrating her birthday, I thought I'd post an excerpt from Chapter Four of the third Stone Island Sea Story.  This is roughly the first third of the chapter, tentatively entitled "A Death." (The working title of the book is Darnahsian Pirates: A Third Stone Island Sea Story.  Darnahsian comes from ( Read more... )

I think I've posted this before, but it might be time for it again.  Anyway, it's something I wrote, looking at two of the most famous writers of Age of Sail/Naval Adventure.
Dave

On Comparing Forester and O’Brian            C. S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian are noted writers of Naval Adventure or Age of Sail fiction.  Both have created memorable ( Read more... )

Well it's been a couple of days since I posted pt. II of Mr. Townsend's Chronometer.  Here's the final part of it.
BTW, Island Enterprise is a near sister vessel of Island Expedtion, the biggest difference being one more gunport per side and thus carrying 18 guns instead of 16.

Mr. Townsend’s Chronometer, Pt III
By D. Andrew McChesney
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Hi,
Figure it's time to put up the second part of the Stone Island (Short) Sea Science Fiction Story.  Hope you like it!  Feel free to comment and let me know what you think.
Dave

Mr. Townsend’s Chronometer, Pt II
By D. Andrew McChesney          The jumps in longitude following each crossing grew larger as well, with all of them being greater than ( Read more... )

Hi,
I haven't shared anything here on following_sea for awhile, and thought this might be of interest to all, especially to our captain anteros_lmc.
I've been promoting the Stone Island Sea Stories as Age of Sail with a Science Fiction touch.  This short story leans more to the Science-Fiction side.  It was originally created as a submission for an anthology being put ( Read more... )

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Here is a review of another C. S. Forester book that I wrote and originally posted a few years ago.

The Captain from Connecticut
By C. S. Forester
Reviewed by D. Andrew McChesney            In the second year of the War of 1812, the British blockade has the small American Navy and the young nation’s merchant fleet effectively bottled up in port.  ( Read more... )