John C.A. Manley's Blog, page 12

What's another 1,087 words after 20 years of work?

Last week, the editor of All the Humans are Sleeping pointed out that my forthcoming novel was missing a crucial scene. Without it, the story makes about as much sense as appointing Biden the head of the Secret Service. Yet, neither he (my editor, not Biden), I, nor any of the beta readers had noticed its absence until now.

Strange, none of us spotting this glaring error, but I hope that means All the Humans are Sleeping is such an engaging read that a technical misstep goes unnoticed. Otherwise... it means all my beta readers are sleeping.

So... last week I drafted a new scene. A dozen rewrites later it has expanded into a new 1,087-word chapter. That brings the novel's grand total to 66,865 words.

Click on the following link to "look over my shoulder" and view a screenshot of the opening paragraphs to this new chapter directly from my Scrivener novel writing software: https://blazingpinecone.com/news/2024/07/19/screenshot.jpg

"...adults protect children — not the other way around"

"...adults protect children — not the other way around."

That's my favourite line from The Hope Accord — a statement calling for the immediate suspension of COVID-19 "vaccines." It has been signed by thousands of doctors, health professionals, scientists, academics and concerned citizens — who don't think it's a great idea to inject people with "something" (who really knows for sure what's in these things) that provides no known health benefits while causing disabling harm and millions of deaths.

Its most notable signatories are diagnostic pathologist Dr. Clare Craig, physician and YouTuber Dr. Suneel Dhand, evolutionary biologist and podcaster Professor Bret Weinstein and philosophical fiction novelist, John C.A. Manley (okay, maybe I'm way at the bottom of the most notable list).

If you're tired of seeing taxpayers' money going to Big Pharma so they can profit off harming and murdering children, adults and even barnyard animals with their toxic injections, then please take 60 seconds to add your signature to The Hope Accord by clicking here: https://thehopeaccord.org/

When in doubt, blame a bureaucrat

Blazing Reader, Steve Van Ness, wrote in response to my post about the assassination attempt on bullet-dodging Trump:

"I had the same thoughts and questions after watching the assassination attempt. Your point number 4 is something I have been wondering about a lot over the weekend. I don’t believe it’s faked which leads to two possible scenarios: was this an attempted coup by the deep state and the secret service and police allowed it to happen or was it a result of an incredibly incompetent security team?"

A retired RCMP officer (who helped me write Much Ado About Corona) has worked with the Secret Service on numerous occasions. He told me they're "a top-notch agency with a well-earned reputation" and that he does "not doubt the performance or integrity of members of the Secret Service."

He also pointed out that "politicians the world over routinely deviate from security advice." So, when in doubt, blame a bureaucrat.

If you haven't read my post about the shooting, you can read it here: https://blazingpinecone.com/blog/trump-shooting/