Yesterday, well, Saturday through yesterday, commemorates the Battle of Midway, widely thought to be the turning point in the war in the Pacific in World War II. Yesterday was also the anniversary of D-Day, the invasion of France. You’d think they could have taken pity on future bloggers and had these battles on different days, but…
I’m rereading “Miracle at Midway” by Gordon Prange—my favorite book on the battle, and I watched “Midway” the 1976 version which I think is far superior to the 2019 remake. I also watched “The Longest Day” but I digress.
Anyway, there’s a line in “Midway” that I absolutely love. The line is uttered by Commander Joseph Rochefort, the cryptographer who was played by Hal Holbrook. The last line in the exchange from the script below is my one-liner:
Captain Garth : How much can you decipher?
Script – Midway 1976
Commander Rochefort : Fifteen percent.
Captain Garth : Really decipher?
Commander Rochefort : Ten percent.
Captain Garth : Ten percent? That’s one word in ten, Joe! You’re guessing!
Commander Rochefort : [slightly hurt] We like to call it “analysis.”
I thought of that line hundreds of times during my systems development career. I even said it out loud a few times—once to the distaste of my boss who wanted to know if I was trying to be funny.
Thinking about things, imagining what might be, guessing that something could be done and scenario after scenario that began with “if this happened and we could…” were essential in my line of work. I always love that scene in the movie.
OK, what about that “news” thing?
In September, I will be releasing the fourth and final book in the Dreamer’s Alliance Series. Between now and then, I’m going to be trying things to promote the series. I have to tell you; I stink at this. I don’t like bothering people with my attempts at self-promotion, especially since a lot of you already own the books. OK, that’s my problem.
Today, the talented author Gwen Plano is featuring me on her blog. In conjunction with that, “Knuckleheads” the backstory of the series is on sale at Amazon for $0.99. This is one of Amazon’s “countdown” sales, so it’s $0.99 today (US & UK). In a couple days it will go up to $1.99, then $2.99 and back to $3.99 in seven days. I hope you can skip over and check out Gwen’s post. I deeply appreciate her support.
This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. If you have a one-liner, and would like to join in on the fun, you can follow this link to participate and to see the one-liners from the other participants.
All five of my current books are now available in audio book form thanks to Amazon KDP’s Virtual Voice process. The voice is AI generated, but I can honestly say, it’s pretty darn good. The audio books are reasonably priced (all below $7 US) and, if you already own the Kindle version and want to add an audio version, you can do that for $1.99. There is a five-minute sample on the book page for each book. If you’re interested, click on any of the Dreamer’s Alliance book links below the image or on the link below for my latest book.
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