Okay, I've tried about twenty times now to find the right words to express how I feel.
All I can say is that I'm very, very moved by everything you said. Having you guys tell me that you loved my book was the last thing I expected - I was bracing myself for stuff more like "save the excuses - so you didn't have a computer. Bottom line is Objective Raids is a slipshod mess and you stink as a writer."
Some context might help here I guess. I don't remember anyone ever telling me they loved either Objective Raids or Tukayyid until I read your comments here. I liked them, but I can't exactly claim to have an unbiased point of view on the subject. (-;
The only significant positive feedback that came from writing my books happened while being a guest of honor at a BattleTech convention in Lincoln back in the early '90s (I'm a Nebraska boy - not much contact with the gaming community out here in the sticks beyond the Omaha-Lincoln metro area, and especially not in the pre-internet days!) along with Warren Dettmann (the guy who did the BattleTech Record Sheet books).
Even then, I signed a couple of books, but while I thought I was there to autograph books and talk about Objective Raids, the con organizers thought I was there to play in their tournament. Which is probably just as well as otherwise I would have had a lot of time on my hands after my two signatures were finished! Plus, I placed third in the tournament. (Knocking Warren out in the first round - which shocked everyone including myself as he was a highly ranked Mechforce N.A. member. Okay, I got lucky - it was still awesome.)
Don't get me wrong - people did fuss over me because of the books. But it was always "oh you're published!" Never "I loved your book!" And certainly never "I loved (blank) about your book!" Honestly, I felt like I could have written a manuscript that said "published" 60,000 times and achieved the same reaction.
Then when I looked online a while back and found a couple of reviews of Objective Raids and Tukayyid, they were rather negative. So all-in-all, I was a pretty discouraged.
So again, thank you all. And a special vote of thanks to William!