We are wrapping up the Tornado squadron attack scene. Which scene should we write after that? The problem is each sequence must differentiate a little. Otherwise it's just more NATO jets flying through curtains of flack and blowing stuff up. Readers may think they want seven Death Star trench attack scenes, but we assure you all, that would get old. Remember, we are among the best there is at what we do.
On a whim we looked at The Great Salvation of 1976, which Word tells us we hadn't cracked open since late May. After ten pages we are pleased with what we see. We also got inspiration for a pair of scenes we must needs write up front. One features the British cabinet discussing the state of things, the other a Paul Harvey radio talk.
Mark Steyn is appropriately apocalyptic. They say Superman is gay. What isn't gay these days? Boooorrrriiiiiing! Steyn writes that a hyperspecialized America is oddly sexless. This is a shrewd observation. We have a 14 year old, and dropping her off at school we see a lot of teenaged girls dressed like middle aged lesbians. This wasn't the case when I was a HS sub in the 2000s or a college prof in the 2010s.
Anyway, back in the 80's we liked Sgt. Rock and GI-Joe. As we write that sentence it occurs to us that someone is already writing up a gay Sgt. Rock reboot, Sgt. Rock asks and tells. My late FB friend Kathy Shaidle used to complain that conservatives shake their heads at PC madness and move on rather than doing something about it. But we have no idea what to do about it. Okay we've bought a few comics from Vox Day's Arkhaven. It's a start.
What Will's Watching: Dave Chappelle, the Closer. Chappelle's is actually a great idea for a SF novel. Heh. Space Jews. You don't mean he's implying...why yes, yes he is. Tough. That's the gig my fellow Israelites. Man, does Chappelle ever know how to deliver a joke. Also, it's nice to see Netflix not cave to a pod of un-fuckable land whales. 4/4
