The Sand Sea

Official Account of The Sand Sea, Hardcover Release Date June 24, 2020

[Steven Pressfield @SPressfield]

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits.

An amateur has amateur habits.
A professional has professional habits.

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

From time to time, like many of us, I get asked to name my favorite books. One non-fiction book I almost always list first is The Last Lion, Volume One.

It is hard for me to even read the opening page aloud without tearing up, and it’s always the same line that gets me . . .

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

Here they come . . . 🚂🎄❤️

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

“December 7, 1941 — a date which will live in infamy”

81 years ago.

Spurred a few thoughts . . .

Someone recently told me that we are now farther away from Pearl Harbor than Pearl Harbor is from Bull Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, on July 21, 1861

1/3

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

On Churchill, “He fertilized every phrase with imagery, and weeded them of any word that could choke his message.”

A harder writing task than #WilliamManchester asking you to complete the last book of #TheLastLion? I doubt it.

But @Paul_Reid2 did it, and with a roar. Amazing.

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

History is perhaps more often surprising, even shocking, than it is inevitable. That is why learning it — really learning it —is often the best insulation against falling for the conventional thinking of any given moment in time.

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

Given that America was less than 10 yrs away from deploying the most powerful military the world had ever known, en route to crushing the Nazis and the Empire of Japan, it is a good reminder to not extrapolate too dogmatically about what future the present is likely to hatch.

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

Amazing book by the author of #TheLastLion and #AmericanCaesar

Here’s a quote that shocked me about America in the 30s:

“The country’s military establishment continued to shrink during Roosevelt’s first term, until America had fewer soldiers than Henry Ford had auto workers.”

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

Until the steam engine and the telegraph, humans communicated no faster than the speed of horses on land and sailboats on water. In other words, #JuliusCaesar and #GeorgeWashington traveled at more or less the same speed, despite almost 18 centuries separating their lives.

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

Honored to start the New Year with our 1,500th review on Amazon. Thank you to all who have taken the time to leave one. We’re grateful. 🙏

For those who have asked: Audiobook almost done. Book two in progress.

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

In honor of our 1,400th review, we’re dropping Kindle to 99 cents this week. Thank you to all who have read, reviewed, and supported us over the past year. Sequel is in the works 😊🙏

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

“Aren’t clever but unjust people like runners who run well for the first part of the course but not for the second?”

Socrates to Glaucon, Republic X, #Plato

[Joe Byerly @jbyerly81]

3 episodes of @FTGNotebook podcast left! This weekend’s episode is going to be insightful. Shawn edited Gates of Fire by @SPressfield and The Sand Sea by @MB_McClellan among many others!

[The Sand Sea @The_Sand_Sea]

Thank you Bryan 👍

[Pat Maciariello @pat_maciariello]

Great great book!!!

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

Last night, we picked up our 1,000th review on Amazon for #TheSandSea.

THANK YOU to all who have read, referred, and reviewed it. Could not feel more grateful 🙏😊

[Paul Lee @strivenword]

Mia panjo donacis al mi por mia tri-deka naskiĝtago la libron -The Sand Sea- de @MB_McClellan, publikiginta de @StoryGrid, kiun ŝatas por estudi verkistanta.

Ĝi havas bonajn mapojn kaj ilustraĵojn. Estas amuza altafantazia kaj vaporpunka libro.

#epicfantasy #steampunk

[Michael McClellan @MB_McClellan]

“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.”

- Eisenhower

[Steven Pressfield @SPressfield]

Are You A Western Hero? New episode of #TheWarriorArchetype out now.