Sorry I've been away for a few days and haven't blogged. I went on a trip to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport with two of my co-workers. While there, we worked with DFW Airport Fire Rescue personnel to shoot photos and videos for the new skill sheets to be in the 6th edition of IFSTA's Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting manual.
We were able to shoot the bulk of the skill sheets! My heartfelt thanks go to Captain Brian Canady and the personnel of DFW Airport Fire Rescue and to my co-workers, Leslie Miller and Nathan Chandler, for the hard work accomplished under adverse (extremely COLD) conditions.
Next comes the work of shifting through the thousands of images to complete the skill sheets and the chapters of the manual. It'll take me a few weeks to accomplish this!
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I'll resume work on the short story collection tomorrow night. I was just too tired after each day on the photo shoot to sit down and do any writing on it. I hope to have the first story's initial draft done by Friday (Nov. 21st) and then move on to the second story, which has already been written but needs some tweaking.
I'm hoping by Friday to be ready to roll out the Kickstarter campaign to raise money for new covers for the e-books and for some online/print advertising. Sorry it has been delayed but other things seemed more important at the time.
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I received a pleasant surprise the other day. I was checking my messages on Facebook and found one from Mack Maloney, one of my favorite authors. Mr. Maloney is the author of the Wingman, Starhawk, and Chopper Ops series of action/adventure books. Awhile back, I wrote a Hubpage review of The Wingman series and he had found it on the Internet. He wanted to let me know that he had written some new Wingman stories and send me a coupon for an e-book version of one of them.
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Which brings me to speaking of Hubpages. I've written 43 articles on Hubpages over a variety of topics:
- Comic books
- Politics
- Book (series) reviews
- Movie reviews
- TV series reviews
- and others
Most of these articles are quick reads and can be found through my Hubpage profile at
http://jayfort.hubpages.com/.
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November has gotten off to a slow start on e-book sales. I'm hoping this will pick up. (HINT! HINT!) Both Amazon.com and Smashwords.com (and other online e-book stores) are set up to allow e-books to be purchased as gifts. The Terra-Bravo Saga and The Arizona State Guard e-novels would be excellent Christmas (or birthday) gifts for those science fiction/adventure fans in your family!
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With the first blast of Winter upon us, I want to remind everyone to be safe out there when driving on snow or ice. And remember, watch out for the other guy who may not be as skilled as you are!
Until next time!
Jeffrey
© Jeffrey M. Fortney - 2014
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