The third, and last, book of the John Wingate Trilogy, THE MANHATTAN MATTER is almost here. It is in its second week of editing. Add another month for publishing and we are ready to go. The Manhattan Matter is a thriller that will bring every emotion to the fore.
A side note. The young girl on the cover is my granddaughter.
Dick Jacobsen
Steven Hawking says “Smart Drugs” that he has been taking have tripled his memory, and that the drug “Cogniq” will revolutionize humanity. Clinical tests have shown that the drug increases concentration by 32%, improves creative thinking, boosts energy, enhances memory recall, increases IQ by 42%. The downside is the drug costs $300 per bottle and it is hard to find. I can think of several members of the US Congress and the Senate that are in dire need of this drug, however.
Writing must be a lot like mountain climbing. The task initially seems insurmountable, arduous and mind boggeling. To overcome this I am sure that a mountain climber plans the route, gathers the gear, anad physically and mentally prepares himself or herself for the ascent. It is exactly the same with writing the novel.
The best planning advice I received was “create a premise, a ‘what if’ and expand from there. What if Hitler had won the war. What if the first moon landers couldn’t leave the moon. What if Hinkley was a better shot. The possibilities go on and on, and once you have settled on your what if, expand it.
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill
If there is something about this great country you don’t like you have three choices, do something consructive to change it, let it be, leave. Fighting, bitching and and polarizing does no one any good. – Anon
If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn’t matter a damn how you write.
– Somerset Maugham
I love this. It’s a math joke.
“You better cut the pizza in four pieces, because I’m not hungry enough to eat six.” Thanks Yogi.
Just remember, “The future ain’t what it used to be.” Thanks Yogi
“Baseball is 90% mental, the other half is physical.” Goodbye Yogi, and thanks.