I decided to paint this model silver, to make it different from all the other ships in this universe. Silver models start off life with a flat black primer. For this one I used a rattle can. Below is the… Read More »Sultran Warship Build, Part 3
At some point I decided that I really needed a way to mount this model, if it was going to be used for a book cover. So I had to cut a block of RenShape and fit it inside the… Read More »Sultran Warship Build, Part 2
It took me two and half months to finish the final novella of the Destroyer Trilogy – Letting Go. My goal is to finish the draft by March. Now I’m cleaning up and editing all three Destroyer books. My brother… Read More »Writing Progress Report
Just as I’m crazy enough to write an entire trilogy at once, I’m building two book cover models at the same time. This one being the Sultran Warship from the Destroyer Trilogy. The Ostrov system is where our heroes are… Read More »Sultran Warship Build – Part 1
For the Destroyer Trilogy of novellas, I needed to create a new starship model. With the crew of the Truxtun stranded in the Ostrov System, one of their chief antagonists are the Sultran warships. My plan was to build one… Read More »Ostrov Warship Build, Part 1
Some creative things I’ll be looking to accomplish in 2020. No particular order, after zero. 0. Vote Trump out of office. 1. Continue learning to play guitar, get an acuistic guitar. 2. Finish some new starship models for my book… Read More »Ten Creative Goals For 2020
This year was the first year in over a decade that I didn’t actually publish anything. My initial goals were to finish three novellas so that I could begin publishing them next year. I managed to write two of them… Read More »Writing Accomplishments – 2019
It’s fall and the temperature here in Boise has finally come down to tollerable levels. This means it’s model building season at House McConnell. My workbench is already dirtied up with bits of plastic and a new model frame on… Read More »New Starship Models
I have to be honest. I keep forgetting I even have a blog. I just don’t have much time to tend to it these days. Well, let’s just say I’ve got other priorities right now. This has been the only… Read More »What I’ve Been Doing This Year
The youngest in our family needed a car this fall and I was ready for a new ride, so I passed down my trusty Honda Civic to him and I got something different. Well, kinda. Yesterday we welcomed this 2015… Read More »New Addition