Ode to #MFTD Contributors

SO...as you know, I wrote a book. But I did not do it alone. In this blog I will thank each of the contributors, one by one. If it were not apparent from the pic, number one in the stack is @DaleStark, A-10 pilot extraordinaire. He helped me write a pretty technical scene in which the JTAC on the ground communicates with the pilot via a 9-Line to drop ordnance. Very cool scene because Dale made it accurate. An absolute joy, this dude is!

You can tell by the 'stache it's @JoelGaines...not only is Joel a beautiful author of stuff like https://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Terrain-Joel-Gaines/dp/B0DV3S243C... but he is a gunslinger of some fame. In his @WarLizards capacity (https://warlizardtactical.com/) he does just a bit of shooting. So as an expert Pew-Pewer, Joel helped me write some of the guns train-ups for two characters, Joud and Thiago...

@SteveStratton (https://www.stevenstrattonusa.com/) has been with me for 3 books now (Brine of War, Rosehips in June, and now, Memoirs From The Druze). His character Lance Bear Wolf from Steve's Shadow Tier series (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CTXH9M2C) has made HUGE contributions to mayhem within each respective book--- from reconnoissance to straight-up assassination. It is all fun and games until someone loses an eye.

This gentleman goes by @LookingOver2025 on Twitter, but he is really an extraordinary 18E Special Forces engineer who blows shit up for kicks and grins. You do know that that is what Echos do, right? Blow shit up. Anyways, he helped me (line by line by line) write a fairly technical scene entailing pig tails and PETN and PRIMASHEET and...anyways, it's a pretty accurate scene because of this help.

We all know her as the Otter Lady. As I write in the Acknowledgments section, "The striking cover portrait depicting a Druze elder with a SA-7 Grail was painted in watercolor by the otterageously talented @1982VintageNut." I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS COVER, IT IS AMAZING. If you agree, leave a comment below. If you don't, blocked and reported.

I am just calling the next three The Montana Trio of Hooligans. In no particular order, they are @DolioJ, @TheViginiaGentleman, and @Brushbeater, and each play a role as characters. O, yes..they play a role...