Far-fetched? Who cares! That's the charm of this story. Never was such an aerial battle fought. Also, the names of your characters are delightful, Mark.
Okay, you already identified that balloons don't launch off underway sailing ships. ✔️
The cannonballs being dropped would cause the balloon to buck, but we'll say the tether provides stability.
Fireships were in use in that period and were deadly... but only against ships moored or at anchor. Not applicable (and also why your gunpowder boat would have failed).
I'm guessing there will be a paragraph or three setting up this chapter?
Thanks, Jack. I knew you would bring the reality. But this is fantasy, so I plan to "break the rules" when needed. 🤣
"I'm guessing there will be a paragraph or three setting up this chapter?"
I am not sure what you mean. Books 1 & 2 and the first four chapters of this book set up the chapter (hopefully.) Or do you mean a short synopsis at the start of the chapter? Which would be a good idea. I have done that on other serials.
Re: setup — my bad, I didn't remember anything at the end of Chap 4 to explain why all of a sudden we had a ship that turned out to be a bad guy. (Okay, from now on I read the end of the previous chapter before starting the next. DOH!) In a book, that's fine; if you serialize this, yes, an extra paragraph that basically is the same as the last paragraph of the previous episode might be useful. [When I started turning my series of short stories into a book, my editor (Roz Warren) pointed out that all the helpful little reminders were actually annoying when the previous action happened two pages ago, not a previous episode that might have been posted weeks ago. Ah. <cough> Yes, uh huh, yep!]
Yes. People have told me they liked synopses at the start of each serial part. Especially after a week. So I will go back and add those. It may not have been intentional on your part but you reminded me of something I should have remembered to do. Thanks! 🤓
Far-fetched? Who cares! That's the charm of this story. Never was such an aerial battle fought. Also, the names of your characters are delightful, Mark.
Thank you, Sharron. I am glad you "get it." And I am so happy that you are onboard. It should be quite an adventure. 😀
The character names are a long story I will tell when I finish the book (or maybe sooner. We will see.)
Okay, you already identified that balloons don't launch off underway sailing ships. ✔️
The cannonballs being dropped would cause the balloon to buck, but we'll say the tether provides stability.
Fireships were in use in that period and were deadly... but only against ships moored or at anchor. Not applicable (and also why your gunpowder boat would have failed).
I'm guessing there will be a paragraph or three setting up this chapter?
Thanks, Jack. I knew you would bring the reality. But this is fantasy, so I plan to "break the rules" when needed. 🤣
"I'm guessing there will be a paragraph or three setting up this chapter?"
I am not sure what you mean. Books 1 & 2 and the first four chapters of this book set up the chapter (hopefully.) Or do you mean a short synopsis at the start of the chapter? Which would be a good idea. I have done that on other serials.
Re: setup — my bad, I didn't remember anything at the end of Chap 4 to explain why all of a sudden we had a ship that turned out to be a bad guy. (Okay, from now on I read the end of the previous chapter before starting the next. DOH!) In a book, that's fine; if you serialize this, yes, an extra paragraph that basically is the same as the last paragraph of the previous episode might be useful. [When I started turning my series of short stories into a book, my editor (Roz Warren) pointed out that all the helpful little reminders were actually annoying when the previous action happened two pages ago, not a previous episode that might have been posted weeks ago. Ah. <cough> Yes, uh huh, yep!]
Yes. People have told me they liked synopses at the start of each serial part. Especially after a week. So I will go back and add those. It may not have been intentional on your part but you reminded me of something I should have remembered to do. Thanks! 🤓