As I've said before, when there is nothing new to report no reason to update the blog. Time has passed these few months, with rejection after rejection flooding my inbox. Posting a quick: "Got rejected again!" Would be as boring as it is tedious, and I am certian I would run out of ex girlfrined jokes and bar jokes, long before I would run out of rejections.
So I started hunting around for my second book. Surprisingly, I didn't want to do a followup to my last book, even though it was the the start of a trilogy. Hunting around, I found myself retreating into history and famous people when one name caught my eye: Christopher Lee. We all know him as Saruman, Count Dooku, and a half a dozen other roles. He makes the consummate english bad guy.
Hunting through his history, I noted he was involved with Ian Flemming at one point. Considering that Flemming is noted for writing the James Bond character we all love, I thought this was majorly cool. They worked together in something called Special Operations Executive, an offshoot of MI-6 that specialized in morale.
Then the idea hit me.
A lot of famous actors (male and female) worked for the war. Wouldn't it book cool if someone told their story? Then I realized it would have been insane to write the real story, mostly because I could never get permission to access the record to see what they did. Also, I write fiction.
After a few more days of mulling it over, I realized there is a story in here, but one that could quickly go from cool to comic. These are larger than life people, people who accomplished things that defined them as "The Greatest Generation." I can't tell the real story, so I will make one up that such amazing people could have done. It will be a tricky line to walk, but I am up to the task.
World War two is filled with such amazing people that picking the right ones will be a challenge. Wish me luck.
Sorry for the short update!
Funny Pic of the day (credit to Seamus and the Escapist):
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