Dear Kyell, I was wondering, do you have someone proofread your books before you publish them? When I was reading all the Volle stories, I noticed there were some errors in the story line, for example, in the Pendant of Fortune, at the beginning when Volle met with Tish the first time Tish fingered his pendant on a chain; later on during the trial, you had the pendant on a leather strap. I don't like to criticize authors as you work very hard in writing them and I know it's hard to keep things straight. I love the Volle stories and have read them over at least 2 dozen times. I had to buy new copies as the books have started to fall apart. So, thanks for your novels and keep on writing.
Interestingly thing about Hunt for Red October. TC got in to trouble about it as the Navy though he was stealing military secrets.. his submarine strategy was too accurate.
Turned out he was an avid wargamer, and when he played games with top Naval guys - they sometimes used the very stratigies they has developed.
TC did not know that and so wrote those strategies in to his books.
Plus other info he has learned from his friends.
Shame you were put off on such minutiae as they were often a trick to bring you closer to the main character as in sharing info only that thw character would know.
Plus Jack Ryan was teaching in the Naval Acadamy and such trivia like the position like the position of gauges could also signify crew positions in the sub.. like who would need to read them.
Dear Kyell, I was wondering, do you have someone proofread your books before you publish them? When I was reading all the Volle stories, I noticed there were some errors in the story line, for example, in the Pendant of Fortune, at the beginning when Volle met with Tish the first time Tish fingered his pendant on a chain; later on during the trial, you had the pendant on a leather strap. I don't like to criticize authors as you work very hard in writing them and I know it's hard to keep things straight. I love the Volle stories and have read them over at least 2 dozen times. I had to buy new copies as the books have started to fall apart. So, thanks for your novels and keep on writing.
Interestingly thing about Hunt for Red October. TC got in to trouble about it as the Navy though he was stealing military secrets.. his submarine strategy was too accurate.
Turned out he was an avid wargamer, and when he played games with top Naval guys - they sometimes used the very stratigies they has developed.
TC did not know that and so wrote those strategies in to his books.
Plus other info he has learned from his friends.
Shame you were put off on such minutiae as they were often a trick to bring you closer to the main character as in sharing info only that thw character would know.
Plus Jack Ryan was teaching in the Naval Acadamy and such trivia like the position like the position of gauges could also signify crew positions in the sub.. like who would need to read them.