First let me say this is a non-pressure post. I have pinged you because of your interest in the Civil War.
I have completed a novel entitled Throw Away the Scabbard and am looking for a volunteer (no limit on the number) to read the manuscript.
What is the novel about? It tells the story of the war from Chancellorsville to its conclusion. There is one change... Stonewall Jackson did not die at Chancellorsville.
It is a book written from both the Confederate viewpoint and the Union one as well. The book centers around Jackson, but Lee and Stuart are main characters in the Southern side of the story. Jackson's aides: Sandie Pendleton, James Power Smith, and Joseph Morrison are strong supporting characters as well.
From the Union viewpoint, the story is told through the eyes of Hancock, Reynolds, Grant, and Sheridan. McClellan is also a strong supporting character as well
It is not a political book, though politics plays its appropriate role. It is mainly a book about the men in the field and the battles they fight. There is also a few pages dedicated to the aftermath of the war.
If you would like to read it, you will be receiving the third draft. I plan to do two more. One draft incorporating all the feedback I receive. The final draft will take care of all my grammar errors. (Grammar is a weakness, but I have an expert set to help me).
What kind of feedback am I looking for? What I did right, what I could improve... if characters wander in and out without explanation or purpose... those types of things. Anything that will help me strengthen the novel.
Please let me know by freepmail or just by posting to me if you would like to read it, or know someone who would.
If you would like to read it, I can either email you the manuscript, or I could mail it to you.
Thank you for your help.
Oh we’d love to! Sam reads lots of alternative history and I just might pick at the grammer. :-)
Freepmail on the way.
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Hmmmmm. I’m currently rereading ‘Whirlwind of War’.