About Comardes Anatoly and Yuri

I started writing "Doughboy City" back in November of 2011 as part of the National Novel Writing Month project or NANOWRIMO.  NANOWRIMO has become an annual event in which would-be authors write every day for one month straight at least 1000 words a day.  The result is, ideally, a novel of 30,000 words is written and ready for editing.
Well, I did not get to 30,000 words but I got close and in doing so I have the story along with a solid outline and the core cast of characters.  It was not until I came back and re-visited the story that I decided it was time to finish "Doughboy City".

Now I could have started with the original beginning but would have left too many holes in the storyline that needed to be filled.  Therefore, I took the chronological approach and decided to start in 1945.

I wanted to explain not just what was happening but how fast things were happening and how certain things happen to be at the right place at the right time.

Thus Anatoly and Yuri were born.  Now, I am more than sure there were at least one Anatoly and one Yuri in the Soviet Red Army in the last days of World War II.  However, I cannot verify if any were actually assigned to the specific mortar unit mentioned in the story.  The story called for these two to guide us down this path and they needed names.

Now, these two may or may not play any further role in the story.  However, I would not count them out in any of the stories left to be told.  The occupation of Berlin lasted quite a long time so rest assured that leaves the door wide open, heck; it leaves it wide open for all the characters. This applies to the living and dead.

Now, do not take this as something that is written in stone but I will leave all the options on the table.  Let us just call it the author's prerogative.

However, one thing is certain in all future stories look for all members of the Army of Occupation to be mentioned. They may even play a role or two (or more) in the upcoming storylines.

Thank you for taking the time to read this.  I truly appreciate it and I really appreciate you.
-David Guerra


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DOUGHBOY CITY is the first work of fiction for author, David G. Guerra. He has previously published "The Walking Leader" and is working on the next book in his Walking Leader trilogy of books, "Great To Follow" with "We The Team" as the last book.