…that the book project has come back to life. There may be a major announcement soon.
Of course, there may not. Right now it’s not really in my hands.
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They say that Louis XIV had the inscription Ultima Ratio Regum cast into all the cannon of the French Army. It means “The Ultimate Argument of Kings,” and that always struck me as one of the most honest and up-front things any ruler or would-be ruler ever said. “We can dress it up prettier than this, but when it comes down to the unvarnished truth this is what it’s about: You’ll do as I say or I’ll send my goons to kill you.”
I thought about that for a long time. If there’s an ultimate argument, it seems only logical that there must be an ultimate answer. For years I thought the ultimate answer must be the bullets in my rifle, but it never seemed quite right. I’ve got bullets – he’s got frigging Cannon Balls. I mean, if there were three hundred million rifles throwing bullets at him, then maybe. But we all know that’s not going to happen. So if there’s an ultimate answer to his ultimate argument, it sure as hell ain’t bullets.
It finally came to me – and that’s when I abandoned the city and most of my stuff, and gave all that was behind me a good stiff Randian Shrug.
The ultimate answer to kings is not a bullet, but a belly laugh.
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I just got done reading “The Last Faithful Man”. Wow, what a page turner! Reminded me a bit of “Count Belisarius”. I really appreciated your comments at the end too, on the nature of power.
Look at the bright side, these days we no longer kill babies on a stone altar. I guess there is progress after all.
One more to go, “The Scroll of Jeremiah”.
Maybe, maybe not, Joel, but as the title says, you never completely lose.
There’ll be water if God wills it.
Book’s coming back to life! Yay!
Now I’d just like the throttle the person who promised to help publish it, then left you hanging without word, without income, and without clue for all those months.
If they discovered they couldn’t keep their commitment for whatever reason, they should have at least had the decency to keep you posted and/or hand the project back to you.
I’m really glad you were able (I presume with somebody else’s help) to make the book happen. Bless whoever did it for you. Really looking forward to reading this.
No, I can’t agree. My generous benefactor also has a life (and is an indie writer with actual sales, which is time-consuming) and if travel and illness got in the way of a major timesink of a favor to someone to whom he owes nothing, I have no room to complain. It’s true communication broke down at one point, but – as usual – that was at least 50% my fault. I’m not bitching, I’m just glad it’s moving.
I know you’re not bitching & you never have.
And I know how life gets in the way of many things (not least being volunteer efforts, which I know can easily be put aside). The lack of communication is always the thing that bothers me most in such situations, but if you say that was also your doing, I’ll quit complaining on your behalf.