Not likely! It’s true, dear visitor, that this blog has appeared somewhat quiet since the new year, but if you take a quick look over on the Patreon site, you’ll see that in fact, I’ve been a busy boy. Also,…
All Quiet on the Henry Front?
Category: The Wargaming Compendium
An Open Letter: Rich Clarke’s Wargame Books for Schools
I know that many of you will have read Rich Clarke’s little piece in MWBG373 (which I’m repeating in MWBG374) about his “Wargame books for schools” initiative. In brief, Rich is donating a number of copies of my book The…
The Wargaming Compendium eBook Back on Sale Now
I’m delighted to report that the revised and much improved digital version of The Wargaming Compendium is now available again. It is already available via the Pen & Sword website in both ePub and Kindle formats and will now doubt…
The Wargaming Compendium Digital Version Withdrawn
IMPORTANT NEWS What an exciting weekend it has been: to my enormous surprise, The Wargaming Compendium appeared in Kindle format on Amazon, followed quickly by the iBook on the Apple Store and then, after a short delay, on the Pen…
A Surprisingly Big Splash in “Writers’ News”
Several weeks ago, I contacted Writing Magazine Editor Jonathan Telfer to ask if he would be interested in my story as someone who has negotiated the self-publishing maze to eventually become, ironically, a ‘traditionally’ published author with, it seems, a…
Interview on Brighton’s Radio Reverb 97.2FM
This afternoon, I’m going to be interviewed on Brighton’s Radio Reverb by Paul Stones on his In Brighton Monday show. The programme lasts an hour, starting at 17.00 and ending at 18.00. I have no idea what he’s going to…
The Wargaming Compendium Gets First 5* Review
As you can imagine, every author awaits the early reviews with their heart in their mouth, and so I am delighted that one of my readers has been thoughful enough to post their opinions on Amazon UK – with a…
The Wargaming Compendium is Published
The first I knew about it was when I was alerted by a tweet from @penswordbooks last Wednesday, 17th July: “The Wargaming Compendium is coming soon, follow the author Henry Hyde @battlegames for more! http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/the-wargaming-compendium/p/3159/ … #wargaming “ As you are…
What a difference a day makes…
So, how stupid do you think I feel having just got off the phone from my agent at Pen & Sword who now tells me that the container has been delayed and the book WON’T be available on 13th? Best…
Nine days and counting
In nine days – rather less, in fact, as I’m writing this late in the evening – The Wargaming Compendium will be published. How strange it will be, after all these years of it being a purely on-screen entity (often…