If Mary Poppins is correct (and did you ever think you’d catch me quoting anyone so darned wholesome?) “Well begun is half done.” Actually, Aristotle said it first, but it sounds so much cuter coming from Julie Andrews. Anyway…. announcement time.
The first draft of The Deserter is done. The second draft is going to be more of a slog than anything I’ve ever written, but then the book is different. Darker. More serious. A tragedy.
In other words, fun. I am hoping to do for the Beau Geste/ Foreign Legion stories what Unforgiven did for Westerns. Honoring the tales while demythologizing them.
Stay tuned for more, but for now, me and Mary Poppins are gonna get a drink.
