The Writer's Life 1/22 - Parallel

Last night at ten PBS in NYC ran another in its long line of fascinating documentaries. This one was part of the series Nazi Mega Weapons, which has so far aired nine episodes over two seasons. I’d seen parts of others and was only mildly interested. This one hooked me from the get go, focusing on the SS, Hitler’s secret police, which ran Germany with an iron fist. There were two particularly astonishing aspects. To justify the invasion of Poland, which is regarded as the official start of WWII, a group of SS dressed as Polish dissidents attacked a Nazi radio station near the border that separates the two countries. One even took to the microphone and broadcast an incendiary message in fluent Polish… The bunker to which Hitler fled in his final days is familiar to most. There was also an elaborate system in another part of the country, designed as a place to make a last stand. Since their forces were spread so thin by the end of the war, the structure went unused. The film-makers took the cameras inside. It was spooky. The Nazis showed such ingenuity in their evil. Watching the piece, I began to wonder just how many Germans approved of Hitler’s Third Reich. It’s impossible to tell, but certainly there were enough to kill millions. There is a parallel to today’s world. We do not know how many Muslims support violent Jihad. One observes and wonders how so many can be convinced that mass killing is good. That’s scary.

The second proof copy of my rock n roll epic arrived yesterday evening. So far, it looks great. I've read seven chapters, 66 pages. I've spotted two errors. One was forgetting to drop the g on "something" and including the apostrophe at the end of it as well. The other was an extraneous "to" in an instance where I probably changed the wordage. I took the book to the floating book shop to see how people would react to the ten-point font. Four had no problem with it. The one who did, the Lady Eve, will be reading it on Kindle, where she can adjust the font to her preference.

My thanks to Cabbie, who donated six books and bought four, and to Barbara, who gave me a can of candy similar to Swedish Fish, only a solid rather than opaque red. I made the mistake of trying one and suffered the temptation of going back for more. I'll keep them with the books and offer them to customers.

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Vic's 3rd Novel: http://tinyurl.com/7e9jty3

Vic's Short Story on Kindle: http://tinyurl.com/k95k3nx
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Vic's 1st Novel: http://tiny.cc/rP7o9

Vic's Rom-Com Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/kny5llp

Vic's Horror Screenplay: http://tinyurl.com/cyckn3f

Vic's Blog: http://vicfortezza.blogspot.com/

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