by admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Hampton Roads Writers, Hampton Roads Writers Conference, Kevin Maurer, Koyoko Leaman, Lisa McMann, Lydia Netzer, Uncategorized, Writers Conferences
The 5th annual Hampton Roads Writers Conference was held at the Westin Hotel at Town Center in Virginia Beach September 19-21. The conference began Thursday evening and ran through Saturday. Because of a previous commitment, I was unable to attend the Thursday evening...
by admin | Jul 21, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Navy, The Drone Enigma, X-47B
On July 10, 2013, after two earlier successful trapped landings on the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77), the Navy’s X-47B “Salty Dog 502” drone self-aborted on a third attempt and flew to an airfield on Wallops Island on the Virginia Eastern Shore. The...
by admin | Feb 26, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Virginian-Pilot
In an update to yesterday’s blog post, Stacy Parker has reported today in the Virginian-Pilot (“Hobbyists finding there’s not place like drone”) that Virginia’s two-year moratorium on the use of drones by police and government agencies...
by admin | Feb 25, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Military in Hampton Roads, Navy, Virginian-Pilot
XC59VFC3BPCG My new novel, Return to Valor, will be published later this year. The military techno-thriller features an experimental Navy drone. In anticipation of the release of this novel, I am writing a series of blog posts related to drones. This is the first of...
by admin | Feb 22, 2013 | Agent Query Process, Books by Ron McManus, Chuck Sambuchino, Literary Agents, Writer's Digest
XC59VFC3BPCG I am currently immersed in the agent query process for my second manuscript. A quick internet search will yield hundreds, if not thousands, of web sites offering advice on how to write query letters. Attend any writers conference and I’ll guarantee...
