PRESS KIT — Fighting Entropy
Book Overview Book Summary (Short) Book Summary (Long) Author Biography Short Author Bio (50 words)
Key Themes Interview Topics Sample Interview Questions Excerpts
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Book Overview Book Summary (Short) Book Summary (Long) Author Biography Short Author Bio (50 words)
Book Overview
Fighting Entropy
A memoir of engineering clarity, federal service, and the systems we inherit.
Electrical engineering inside NAVFAC Southwest is quiet, disciplined, technical work performed inside a military‑civilian institution where documentation, safety culture, and engineering judgment determine the reliability of critical infrastructure.
Fighting Entropy blends field‑work narrative with engineering clarity. It explains how electrical engineering is practiced inside federal institutions, how documentation discipline affects safety, and how systems drift when clarity is not maintained.
Publication: 2026 Formats: Hardcover (IngramSpark), Paperback (KDP), Kindle (KDP) Genre: Nonfiction • Engineering • Military Infrastructure • Federal Service • Memoir
Book Summary (Short)
Fighting Entropy is a memoir about electrical engineering inside NAVFAC Southwest — where technical clarity meets institutional drift. Through field‑work narrative and engineering insight, the book explores documentation discipline, military‑civilian collaboration, infrastructure reliability, and the systems that shape federal service.
Book Summary (Long)
Inside NAVFAC Southwest, engineering decisions affect military readiness, infrastructure reliability, and public safety. Fighting Entropy documents the realities of electrical engineering inside federal institutions — grounding and bonding, load calculations, panel schedules, NEC compliance — and the cultural dynamics that shape those decisions.
The memoir examines documentation discipline, safety culture, military‑civilian collaboration, and institutional drift. It offers a rare inside view of engineering practice within the U.S. Navy’s facilities engineering system and the systems that support — and sometimes undermine — infrastructure reliability.
Author Biography
William Maskevich
Electrical Engineer (GS‑850) • NAVFAC Southwest • Federal Service Kenosha, Wisconsin
I served as an electrical engineer within NAVFAC Southwest, working on electrical distribution systems, grounding and bonding, load calculations, panel schedules, and NEC compliance across Navy and federal facilities. My work involved field inspections, documentation discipline, engineering ethics, and navigating the cultural dynamics of military‑civilian engineering environments.
I write about engineering clarity, military infrastructure, federal service, and institutional drift. My mission is to illuminate the systems we inherit — military, engineering, federal — and to show how clarity, discipline, and responsibility shape the infrastructure that supports national readiness and public safety.
Short Author Bio (50 words)
William Maskevich is an electrical engineer who served within NAVFAC Southwest, working on electrical distribution systems, grounding and bonding, and NEC compliance across Navy and federal facilities. He writes about engineering clarity, military infrastructure, federal service, and institutional drift. Fighting Entropy is his memoir of engineering inside NAVFAC.
Key Themes Interview Topics Sample Interview Questions Excerpts
Key Themes
Engineering Clarity
How electrical engineering principles are applied inside federal institutions.
Military Infrastructure
How engineering decisions affect operational readiness.
Federal Service
The realities of civil service work inside a military command.
Documentation Discipline
Why engineering documentation matters — and what happens when it doesn’t.
Institutional Drift
How systems degrade over time and how engineers fight entropy every day.
7. Interview Topics
Journalists and podcasters can explore:
Engineering inside NAVFAC
Military‑civilian engineering culture
Infrastructure reliability and safety
Documentation discipline
Federal service dynamics
Institutional drift
Engineering ethics
Systems thinking
Public‑sector engineering challenges
The memoir writing process
Sample Interview Questions
About the Book
What inspired you to write Fighting Entropy?
What is the biggest misconception about engineering inside NAVFAC?
How does documentation discipline affect infrastructure reliability?
About Engineering
What engineering lessons from NAVFAC apply to civilian practice?
How do small technical errors cascade into systemic failures?
About Federal Service
What surprised you most about working inside a military‑civilian institution?
How does institutional drift affect engineering outcomes?
About Systems Thinking
What does “fighting entropy” mean in the context of federal service?
How can engineers maintain clarity inside complex institutions?
Excerpts
From Institutional Drift
“Systems rarely fail all at once. They drift. A missing panel schedule here, a deferred inspection there, and suddenly the engineer is the only person left who remembers how the infrastructure is supposed to work.”
From Military Expectations
“Civilian engineers in military commands learn quickly: authority is borrowed, responsibility is owned.”
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Metadata & Cataloging Information
ISBNs
Hardcover: TBD Paperback: TBD Kindle: TBD
BISAC Categories
Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Military Science
Public Administration
Memoir
LCSH
Electrical engineering — United States
Military engineering — United States
United States. Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Federal service — United States
Organizational behavior — Government agencies
CIP Block
Provided after Library of Congress approval.
LCCN
Provided after Library of Congress approval.
Distribution
Hardcover (Preferred for Libraries)
Distributed via IngramSpark
Global wholesale
Library‑grade
Returnable
Paperback
Distributed via Amazon (KDP)
Kindle
Available via Amazon Kindle Store
Press Photos
Provide:
Author headshot (high‑resolution)
Book cover (high‑resolution)
Engineering‑themed imagery (optional)
Contact Information
For media, libraries, academic departments, or event inquiries:
Email: [my email] Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Website: Fighting Entropy Ecosystem
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