I haven't had time to give an update before now as real-life work and family have crimped some writing time. I will be off to Book Expo next week, promoting our Black Library line and if the opportunity arises, scoping out books for use in this project or promoting it. Usually, I am too busy to wander too far, but there is always the potential.
I think part of the challenge to a task like this is not only managing your time to keep it moving forward, but manage your own expectation. As I delved deeper into the research, I kept finding different avenues to follow. Even in history, new research replaces old research and theories. I started using Knotel as the base and expanded from there. In the process, either the English translation of Knotel was wrong, or he misinterpreted some info because I have found issues in some of his notes. Additionally, using Polish sources such as Ratajczyk and Gembarzewski has raised more questions as I try to track down information on units formed in the 1790's. At some point your have to cut off looking and start organizing. I do this periodically to keep ahead of the curve. But I spent a goo part of the first part of the year translating a book called Zolnierz polski because it was such a good reference source.
In the end, the challenge is going to be not only what I put in this book, but what I have to cut out. More on that later.
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