GURPS SWAT begins to take shape

Spent the evening finishing up the Tactics chapter for SWAT tonight, and it's coming together. The chapter landed at a whopping 11,000+ words - over a third of the book - but it is integral to the manuscript (and will sell the book, IMHO). Still, makes me wonder if I need to cut it, move some material to other chapters, or just suffer through it and cut elsewhere.

I sent off the chapter to Steve Jolly - he's got friends and family that are in law enforcement - and posted the first bit of it to The Hellions (an excellent GURPS gearhead email list that boasts many excellent GURPS writers and contributors). We'll see what everyone says - I predict 50+ email messages in my InBox tomorrow morning. Hope at least a few are positive. :)

Anyway, my original point was that GURPS SWAT is coming together nicely. It's not without it's problems - all projects have 'em. But when I get frustrated, I watch the SWAT Movie trailer or drool over some of the movie stills, and get all inspired again. If you ask me, Colin Farrel looks pretty impressive holding an M4A1, and Michelle Rodriguez can bust down my door anytime.