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‘Be quiet, grow up, and do your duty.’

Excellent point. New soldiers often complain about doing “grunt work” instead of “fighting”, not realizing that if THEY don’t do that job, someone more capable than them has to, removing them from a position where they can affect the battle.

And that two weeks of training in archery wasn’t to make them into instant archers, it was to enable them to be minimally effective as REPLACEMENTS for more skilled soldiers as they inevitably fall to enemy fire.

You seem very well versed in training and battlefield mechanics/logistics. Are you by chance a veteran?

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I thought the exact same thing when I read that line. The training wasn't to make them "strong", or "deadly" soldiers, but rather "disciplined" ones.

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I talked to my publisher and sent him a link to this story. Both of us are of a mind that you would be a good fit for us, as Cannon Publishing focuses on military science fiction/military fantasy. Do you self publish? Or already have a publisher? Let me know if that’s something you want to explore.

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Currently my work is only published here on SubStack. I am interested in having a publisher, at least for the work that fits the inhouse style. I can be reached at reddoscarwrites (at) gmail (dot) com. Happy to hear you have enjoyed this novella enough to reach out with this idea, thanks.

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I am not a veteran, though I have read my fair share of military history (mostly ancient Greek, Roman, Chinese, and Japanese), along with a number of fantasy/scifi books written by veterans. Some knowledge obviously rubbed off, though it doesn't equal the real thing. I'm glad it is living up to scrutiny, thank you.

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