Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Hatchet Force Journal Issue #2 - Now Taking Submissions

The people have spoken, and the people want another issue of Hatchet Force Journal.

I received a lot of great feedback about the first issue, and I'm hoping to incorporate much of it into the release of issue #2.  I don't think I'll be able to accommodate everyone's wishes, but I'll do my best to make #2 a lot better than the first issue, which even I'll admit was a bit of a hot mess (although hey, people are still buying and borrowing it).

First off, submission guidelines!
  • Length: Between 1,000 and 1,500 words.  If you color outside the lines a little bit that's fine, but I'm trying to cut down on the size of the articles - that was one of the main complaints I received about the first issue.
  • Topic: Issue #2 has a theme! "21st Century Combat".  This can be combat operations, counter-terror, law enforcement, mercenaries, what have you.  But we're focusing on the 21st century, post 9/11 world view.
  • Keep it Politically Neutral.  If you want to talk about private security company operations in Iraq that's fine, but if you want to turn it into an article about the privatization of the American military, I won't accept it.
  • Pictures encouraged.  Since it'll be released on the Kindle, pick something that'll look half-decent in black and white.  I may have to play around with it in Photoshop to make it pop a little, but otherwise I won't alter anything other than file size etc.
  • Fiction and Non-Fiction Reviews/Articles Welcome.  HFJ is about action and adventure stories in all forms; television, film, books, video games, real-world reference articles, excerpts - all is fair game as long as it's on-topic.
I'm looking for ~12 submissions, and I'm hoping to get them all in by March 9th.  I'm aiming for a release date in the beginning of April.  If anyone is interested in submitting an article, feel free to e-mail me (j dot e dot badelaire at gmail dot com).

11 comments:

Jack Murphy said...

Any interest in my article about how 160th SOAR's secret stealth helicopter crashed on the OBL raid?

Jack Badelaire said...

I'm aiming for original content (i.e., not just reposts of blog entries). If you're willing to elaborate / expand on it (with ~9 months of hindsight etc), that'd be awesome though.

Also, not like you haven't given a million of these already, but what about a short e-mail interview? Mostly focusing on your writing ventures thus far.

Jack Murphy said...

Sure, whatever you think would fit best for this project!

Civil War Horror (Sean McLachlan) said...

Good to hear you're ding another issue! I'm firmly stuck in the 19th century, though, so no contributions from me other than another reader. :-)

Anonymous said...

Just got through reading issue number 1. Fun stuff! I liked the novel excerpt. I suppose my Civil War novel A FINE LIKENESS would be too antique for you to consider and excerpt? It does have quite a bit of gunplay, though.

Civil War Horror (Sean McLachlan) said...

Just got through reading issue number 1. Fun stuff! I liked the novel excerpt. I suppose my Civil War novel A FINE LIKENESS would be too antique for you to consider and excerpt? It does have quite a bit of gunplay, though.

Jack Badelaire said...

@Sean:

I think for this issue it would be a little off-topic, BUT I'd love to do a "historical adventure fiction" issue some time in the not too distant future. There's a lot of material out there, and I'd love to see an excerpt from your novel - and maybe even an article on the historical elements behind the material?

Civil War Horror (Sean McLachlan) said...

@Jack

I'd love to provide an excerpt and an article. Keep me posted!
Also, would you be interested in a short article about what it's like to write for Osprey Publishing, the military history publisher?

Jack Badelaire said...

Sean - drop me an e-mail and let's talk about the Osprey angle.

Anonymous said...

What about some of the most cutting edge , in the field today, combat trauma tools and techniques??
DAD

Jack Badelaire said...

E-mail me a draft and we'll see what we can do!