Alt-history writing project

[Captain Wheelgun]

Snippet deleted. See post for December 20, 2023 for details.

[tfbncc]

Sounds pretty good so far, but in a discussion of this type, would they also bring up the question of "where do we see ourselves in this war?". At the time, all the major powers were still thinking and acting like the last war. i.e. , conquest and colonization. Once they fought for land, they wanted to hold it. Run supply lines through it to the front, and eventually build bases to better secure the land etc. etc. (see Pacific ocean campaign) I don't see Texas following that model but being like a large raider force that could attach itself to any allied operation as needed. I don't see Texas holding ground with the exception of the Caribbean islands they already took from the French.

Ray

[Captain Wheelgun]

Sounds pretty good so far, but in a discussion of this type, would they also bring up the question of "where do we see ourselves in this war?". At the time, all the major powers were still thinking and acting like the last war. i.e. , conquest and colonization. Once they fought for land, they wanted to hold it. Run supply lines through it to the front, and eventually build bases to better secure the land etc. etc. (see Pacific ocean campaign) I don't see Texas following that model but being like a large raider force that could attach itself to any allied operation as needed. I don't see Texas holding ground with the exception of the Caribbean islands they already took from the French.

Ray

Good point. Yeah, they’re not looking to conquer and hold land permanently. I’ll have to see how I want to handle that.

[Captain Wheelgun]

Just a quick announcement:

I’ll be going to P-Con in Dallas on Sept. 15 - 17, 2023

Maybe I’ll get to meet some of you there?

https://www.p-con.us/

[BDK]

Good point. Yeah, they’re not looking to conquer and hold land permanently. I’ll have to see how I want to handle that.

I mean, I could see some Texans, especially before A/C, deciding to keep parts of the Med...

[MiddleAgedKen]

One minor nitpick:

“That’s a really good question, Mr. President” said Velasquez’ chief of staff, George Delgado. “I’ll touch base with my media contacts. We may want to start putting out public announcements encouraging more women to do that.”

I'm not sure the term media was used widely in the 1930s-40s. In my reading of contemporary literature the generic collective noun is usually press (referring to both print and radio). A vanishingly small thing, though. Still going strong.

[randy]

One minor nitpick:

“That’s a really good question, Mr. President” said Velasquez’ chief of staff, George Delgado. “I’ll touch base with my media contacts. We may want to start putting out public announcements encouraging more women to do that.”

I'm not sure the term media was used widely in the 1930s-40s. In my reading of contemporary literature the generic collective noun is usually press (referring to both print and radio). A vanishingly small thing, though. Still going strong.

what he said. Now that he pointed it out it rings a bell with me as well

[Captain Wheelgun]

One minor nitpick:

“That’s a really good question, Mr. President” said Velasquez’ chief of staff, George Delgado. “I’ll touch base with my media contacts. We may want to start putting out public announcements encouraging more women to do that.”

I'm not sure the term media was used widely in the 1930s-40s. In my reading of contemporary literature the generic collective noun is usually press (referring to both print and radio). A vanishingly small thing, though. Still going strong.

what he said. Now that he pointed it out it rings a bell with me as well

Thank you both. I’ll get that fixed.

[Captain Wheelgun]

Good point. Yeah, they’re not looking to conquer and hold land permanently. I’ll have to see how I want to handle that.

I mean, I could see some Texans, especially before A/C, deciding to keep parts of the Med...

Yeah, that’s tempting. They’re not really conquerors, but they might look into a 99 year lease somewhere that they can keep an eye on France…

[BDK]

Especially when it’s 120 in the shade, back home.