Yeah, these are pretty interesting, Mike...keep it going. I need to go back and reread the earlier posts as I think I missed something in the chronology. I think I’m gonna cut/paste these serially into MS Word so I can read straight through, connecting it up in my feeble brain.

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of historical fiction. F. Van Wyck Mason was one of my favorite authors. His prose was heavily laden with historical detail which, for me, was the best bit. I learned a lot. So when it comes to including some technical details/description, I for one find that of value. You gotta weave it in, though, so it doesn’t chop the story up, and that can be work.

Anyway, my two cents.