Spies Watch And Learn

The London bombings is the main topic on many tongues. It's tough not to write about it when one's blog is about spying, even though it's more tongue-in-cheek than anything else. And it's even harder not to think about it when my sister and her husband are, at the moment, vacationing in London. They emailed to tell my family that they're okay, that they'd missed the bus because they wanted to sleep in that morning.

My thoughts and prayers to all my London friends and readers.

Violence is hard to understand, yet it's all around us. The comments I'm hearing are mostly about the inability to understand the need for this kind of violence--the slaughter of innocent. Why? "Can't we just get along?" "Respect each other's differences."

But violence/warfare has been a part of our "civilization" for millenia. It has nothing to do with getting along, difference, or even the ever-prevalent religious reasons. It all boils down to one simple factor. Violence/warfare/spying is all about land and possession. Has been since the beginning. And the innocent are always the ones in the way.

Yoikes. A rather morbid entry to start my day for my first local signing of The Hunter.... I write about spies, SEALs, and warfare, and thus can't ignore the subject of violence in books and real life. I also write about love. And hope. And happy endings. You know, I just realized how tough my writing job is.

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