A disturbing email came to me the other day: “I like your writing. Saying that, I started reading your new Grim Reaper story. I went back and started to read Book 2. Then I remember that part where you called Trump a racist and a sexual predator.” I keep saying this, but many people just don’t get it. Here’s my response: “Thanks. You have no idea what I think. Are you going to complain that a fictional character thinks that? Do you only read fiction that agrees with your politics? So very limiting.”
Everybody seemed to like the new slogan of RSC: If We Can’t Make Money Solving Your Problem, We Can Make Money Prolonging It! Despair.com (a wonderful company) has a similar poster: If You’re Not A Part Of The Solution, There’s Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem!
This all reminds me of my misspent youth in the 70s as a chemist. At the time, Dupont had a corporate slogan of ‘Better Living Through Chemistry!’ My company, a lab division of ITT, had an employee contest for a new slogan. We were an extremely jaded group and totally burned out. The runaway winner was ‘Better Cancer Through Chemistry!’ The contest was immediately shut down.
Chapter 6 is a short chapter. Sorry about that, but chapter size is not a function of word count. It is a function of story segmentation. The next chapter is about something different. That’s just the way it works. In any case, enjoy!