{"id":15,"date":"2018-05-26T00:01:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T06:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/?p=15"},"modified":"2023-02-10T11:46:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:46:54","slug":"the-drunk-ex-cia-agent-finds-the-treasure-and-saves-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/26\/the-drunk-ex-cia-agent-finds-the-treasure-and-saves-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Write, Rinse, Repeat (Or: the Drunk Ex-CIA Agent Finds the Treasure and Saves the World!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Write%2C%20Rinse%2C%20Repeat%20%28Or%3A%20the%20Drunk%20Ex-CIA%20Agent%20Finds%20the%20Treasure%20and%20Saves%20the%20World%21%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Write, rinse, repeat&#8230;.Once upon a time I read a Facebook comment on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DavidMorrellAuthor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">David Morrell&#8217;s page<\/a>&nbsp;which made me think about what I read more than I normally think about what I read. For reference (I save things), the comment was this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The Tor editor and I discussed a number of situations in thrillers that are looking repetitive. One&#8211;the serial killer novel&#8211;is its own sub genre and somehow keeps going. Then there&#8217;s the really really really bad Muslim terrorist being hunted by the dysfunctional CIA agent who has a marriage problem, a drinking problem, or an anti-authority problem. Also the long-lost secret in ancient history, the discovery of which affects the fate of the modern world. And the wandering vigilante. It&#8217;s my view that some writers are entering the thriller world because it&#8217;s hot right now and they&#8217;re following the trend, always a mistake.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I won&#8217;t say I don&#8217;t like thrillers as mentioned above. Much of my recent reading can be categorized as one of the above books, especially the &#8220;long-lost secret in ancient history.&#8221; Let&#8217;s admit it: we&#8217;re often comfortable reading what we know. Repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I break down my list of books I&#8217;ve read since I ran across that comment, about half deal with long-lost secrets. Of the rest: a few nonfiction, a few which deal with monsters chased by an FBI\/CIA\/NSA\/KGB agent (with problems, but not just those mentioned above), a few that might be considered &#8220;classics&#8221; of the 20th century (mostly Ray Bradbury) and a few &#8220;tween&#8221; books about vampires, apocalyptic futures populated by kids or vampires running around drinking the blood of kids living in apocalyptic futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rest are just good reads. Repeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s when I walk through the bookstore that I find Mr. Morrell&#8217;s statement even more to the point: the shelves are filled with&nbsp; much of the same material, like a repetitive stream of wannabe&#8217;s, has-beens and those who currently have the limelight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smart people who write about writing say it doesn&#8217;t matter if your plot is the same&#8211;it&#8217;s how you <em>deliver<\/em> the plot that makes a difference. There&#8217;s nothing new under the sun, or so they say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s true, nor am I going to debate such statements. However, the plethora of stories about long-lost secrets stumbled across by drunk ex-CIA agents who turn into wandering vigilantes is growing in number and I don&#8217;t think the tide will ebb any time soon. Perhaps this is in part thanks to Dan Brown and his <em>DaVinci Code<\/em>, which wasn&#8217;t the first such book&nbsp;but made a few folks&#8217; mouths water with his 20+ million sales. It certainly brought the lost-secret plot into the mainstream with a vengeance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or maybe it was Clive Cussler. Or Lee Child. Or Douglas Preston. Or Ian Fleming&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(No, not Ian Fleming. James Bond is different. But I digress.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s obvious (and okay) that publishers are out for the bottom line: it&#8217;s good for capitalism and all that. That&#8217;s not the point here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When I read, I honestly do so for entertainment. Thrillers are fun. Long-lost secrets are engaging. Books about vampires rampaging through an apocalyptic world are very&#8230;escapist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, I also read for style, to broaden my horizon of plots or ideas, and&#8211;because I am nice&#8211;to support those writers I have found to be good yet unheard of, whether they be self-published or picked up by small presses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is what drives sales the thing that is hot at the moment? Is it possible those aforementioned publishers really <em>want<\/em> to broaden our horizons?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does it matter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What if what you like to read is taken away from you because someone in some crystal palace decided that it wasn&#8217;t popular enough at the moment to sign on new writers?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What if books about drunk ex-CIA agents seeking long lost treasures in a world full of vampires became obsolete?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Does it matter what they think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I say &#8220;No.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I say &#8220;Go on and read that story.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I say &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/04\/focus-on-writing\/\">Go on and write that story that you know you love to read<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I say &#8220;Write, Rinse, Repeat.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/repeat_pin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/repeat_pin-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/repeat_pin-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/repeat_pin-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/repeat_pin-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bxwretlind.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/repeat_pin.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;text-align: center;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/dot.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"Tumblr\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Email\",\"Print\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"big\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"bxwretlind\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Write%2C%20Rinse%2C%20Repeat%20%28Or%3A%20the%20Drunk%20Ex-CIA%20Agent%20Finds%20the%20Treasure%20and%20Saves%20the%20World%21%29\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Write, rinse, repeat&#8230;.Once upon a time I read a Facebook comment on David Morrell&#8217;s page&nbsp;which made me think about what I read more than I normally think about what I read. 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