Will is Yonder

More blessed and much needed rain this morning.  

A ceasefire in Lebanon seems imminent. Ynet has the details. It also seems the Biden regime has twisted Israel's arm. Assuming Ynet's details are true it looks to us like the Israelis got everything they wanted plus a pause in the fighting. The Times of Israel says the pause would last 60 days and would not end the war. Gee, who becomes president in 60 days? Hmmm...maybe Bibi twisted Joe's arm? Stroock's Books has no problem with this ceasefire, so far. 

We have a few thoughts on what's going on with the ceasefire deal, but we'll holdoff on those till the deal goes into effect. We read one argument that the ceasefire terms are terrible. Sorry, we don't see it, yet. Back to Gaza...

In the meantime the Israelis are hammering Beirut. 

Reminder, we have a short story in Violent Blue Yonder:

So that's three short stories in three compilations. The others were Standoff at San Miguel in Hooves, Tracks and Sabers, and The Blue and the Red: Palmerston's Ironclads in Those in Peril.  Palmerston's Iron Clads was nominated for a Sidewise Award. So not a fluke, and we are among the best there at what we do. 

We are pondering our next anthology submission, a naval story to take place within our own Great Nuclear War of 1975 universe. There's plenty of fodder and we've plenty of ideas, but we're running into one foreboding fact. We've done most of these ideas already. We've written carrier stories, and sub stories before. Honestly this doesn't have to be a problem. But usually we like to come up with something new. 

We've one good idea, highly encouraged by our Grognard. Recall that USS Ranger and USS Independence fought a major naval battle in the Bearing Sea and then nuked the Kola. Cool, we know. But as noted above, we've done this! Also, in 1975 there are no Soviet carriers and no mighty Kirov Class guided missile cruisers. So would such a story really be that interesting? Or does the absence of those capital ships make the story interesting? Have fun, reader(s).