Three Tales of the Revolution

In this collection of three short stories, Harold R. Thompson, author of the "Empire and Honor" series of historical novels, takes us to three iconic battlefields of the American Revolution.

Here a sergeant of the British regulars faces rebellious colonial militia on Lexington Green, a colonel of Loyalist troops is determined to prevent the horrors of war from descending on western Nova Scotia, and two brothers struggle with their decision to remain with the crumbling Continental Army on the eve of the Battle of Princeton.

Making a No Budget Movie

Make a No Budget Movie: Chapter One

The year was 1978. I was ten years old. Star Wars had just come out, and the original Battlestar Galactica had aired on TV. I was inspired. I wanted to make my own movie, my own space opera. So I started. I wrote an entire script, in storyboard form, since a movie starts with a script, with a story – that much I knew. Next I cast my friends in the various roles. They were agreeable, though a little skeptical. Next I began to sort out wardrobe and locations.

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I Am a Lousy Blogger

I haven't written a blog post since March 2013. This is not for lack of subject matter, but more that I tend to revise and revise my posts until they say exactly what I want, and that takes time. So I haven't had anything I wanted to say so badly that I made time for it. Even this simple paragraph seems an imposition: I've erased it and restarted about six times now! Most of my writing time these days (in fact, since March 2013) has gone to short stories.