There’s a Moose - Leadership & management project update

Busy summer has set me back just a bit. I have had the manuscript out to several editors as of late and waiting on responses has taken some time.

After accomplishing a complete revision of the layout and major premise of the project, I was really ready to learn what the professionals had to say about my work. Seems that the consensus is that I should look toward self-publishing.

The major concern linked to traditional publishing is the dreaded platform. Without a platform, one cannot achieve a platform and those with a platform no longer need meet the requirement of having a platform. It is akin to if you have published before, you can publish again; but if you have not published before, it seems impossible to go the traditional route. Sorta circular logic, don’t ya think?

While I wait on a couple more responses, I will start looking hard at the non-traditional route of self-publishing. 

I’m looking for some ideas and anecdotal experience in this area. Let me hear what you have to say.

Who might you meet in my Book?

Are you wondering if you are going to be in my business management project when it gets published? Well. Maybe! Volume #1 is complete and ready for an agent and//or publisher. There are many characters in volume #1 and most likely there will be many more added in volume #2. Those anecdotes are in progress—not as I type here (still with only two fingers, but two more at rest just waiting to take the first two’s place should the need arise).

Here is a short run down of several of the characters you might meet, remember or know very well (entries in no particular order):

Tommy Wilson and his moose (Platoon clerk and chocked full of excitement)

David Fitzsimmons (Fitz) (2^nd Platoon clerk and the hardest at working to impress)

Frank Lefevers (Best 2^nd right hand anybody could ever have)

Alan Grant (Platoon sergeant and professional)

Donald Jenkins (Pillsbury Dough Boy – enough said)

Joseph Guarino (trouble from day one)

Martin Snyder (Best ration sergeant in the United States Army)

John Workman (The other best ration sergeant in the United States Army)

Marvin Craighead (Always looking for the next challenge and never afraid to take on a problem)

Ron Acuff (My platoon’s 3^rd Class II & VII Section Leader and good at it)

Larry Wilson (My platoon’s 2^nd Class II & VII Section Leader and 2^nd POL Officer – a great guy and a good friend)

Dave Elberfeld

Vince Festa

Ted Kuchta (My platoon’s 4^th POL Officer)

Doug Brown (My platoon’s 3^rd POL Officer and a former NCO with a good head on his shoulders)

Pat Phillips (A tragic loss that came way too soon)

Vince Fuentes

Roger Issacson

Stan Pearson

Peter Burbules (My Battalion Commander during some hard times with great struggle)

William Krukemeyer

Phil Rivard (My boss during a challenging time of change)

Ed Armatoski (The guy that pushed me toward Alaska in the first place)

Denys Danley

Pat Crumbliss

Howard Kerr (Important mission on the coldest night of the year)

James Maggard

Chief Maynes

Sgt Stone (Never knew his first name – probably was sergeant for all I know)

Thomas Steel (One of my most trusted NCOs during the years I spent at Fort Bragg)

SFC Torric (The source of some hard lessons – both taught & learned)

Warren Sanford (Another one of those 2^nd right hands that made my job easier)

These and many more will be revealed during the course of my story telling and advice rendering. The title as it currently stands is “There’s a Moose in the Guard Shack – He’s gonna kill me!

Look for it soon.