Kal Spriggs

Author: ka1spriggs

  • Stolen Valor: Forsaken Valor Book 2

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    They stole my life, so I stole one right back. My name is William Alexander Armstrong.  I come from a long, honorable, military family.  My grandparents were heroes back home… but not me.  Kidnapped by pirates, I’ve had to fight to survive on the streets of an alien world.  Only now, I’ve got a way…

  • Coming Soon: Stolen Valor!

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    Alright everyone!  Mark you calendars, because Stolen Valor, the second book of the Forsaken Valor series is coming!  Right now I’ve got it scheduled for June 8th. I’m really excited to get this one out to everyone, because it’s been incredibly awesome to write.  William Armstrong has a very different story from that of his…

  • Guns, Lots of Guns: John Wick Parabellum Movie Review

    Guns, Lots of Guns: John Wick Parabellum Movie Review

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    John Wick was a movie that quite frankly caught me off-guard.  I went into it expecting some kind of mindless action flick and got caught up in a visceral revenge movie with amazing fight scenes.  John Wick as a character possessed intriguing levels of depth and a level of resignation and crisp professionalism about everything…

  • Kal’s May 2019 Forecast

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    Hey everyone, it’s been a bit of a crazy past few months, but I’m getting back into things and I should be on track again soon.  If you hadn’t seen, my father passed away recently and combined with some other family things, some work things, and some Army things, well, life has been a bit…

  • Steven Spriggs

    Steven Spriggs

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    My father passed away on Thursday. Steven Spriggs passed away on May 2nd, 2019 while recovering from surgery.  He was sixty-eight years old.  Steven served thirty years in the military, as an officer and enlisted, active duty and reserve, in the Army and the Navy.  A father of four, he was preceded in death by…

  • Avengers: Endgame Review (No Spoilers)

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    I’ll preface this by saying that I tried really hard not to get any spoilers.  Then, on my way into the movie theater, there were a ton of people headed *out* who were discussing every detail.  Talk about spoilers… it was rather frustrating for me, but overall didn’t impact my enjoyment of the movie as…

  • Kal’s Starfest 2019 Schedule

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    I’ll be at Starfest this weekend, so if you’re in the area, I’d love to see you there!  I’m on two panels: Combat in SF and Fantasy (Friday 9 PM) A discussion of the good, the bad, and the ugly scenes of combat and action in Science Fiction and Fantasy. To include the differences between…

  • April Update

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    Hey everyone.  I try to post mostly positive stuff here, but the last couple weeks have been pretty rough.   Between my wife’s surgery and stuff happening with my family, I haven’t been able to focus on writing.   So I’m behind on getting Stolen Valor done and edited, which is going to push it back to…

  • Shazaam! Movie Review (No Spoilers)

    Shazaam! Movie Review (No Spoilers)

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    DC/Warner Brothers has done a shift towards more light-hearted entertainment and they went to the kid/superhero Shazaam with their latest release. It’s a pretty big shift, one that began (arguably) with Wonder Woman and continued with Aquaman.  Overall, it’s a shift I appreciate because, well, I’ll admit I detested their grimdark approach from before. So…

  • Kal’s April 2019 Forecast

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    Hey everyone, this year is just flying along, isn’t it? If you missed it, last week I released Valor’s Stand, the fifth and final book of the Children of Valor series.  While the YA series is done, the stories of the characters will continue later this year with the War of Valor series.  If you’ve…