Bethany Anne watched her children leave, then turned to Michael. “Let’s get this done so we can go home.”
“Home?” he asked as they set off for the meeting room.
Bethany Anne closed her eyes as the temptation to move the debrief to the morning flickered through her mind. “Mmhmm, which right now means wherever there is a bed I can get into and not emerge from for at least eight hours.”
Michael slipped an arm around her. “You can rest tonight, my love.”
Bethany Anne tucked her head into the hollow of Michael’s shoulder as they walked. “I fully intend to. But, debriefing first.”
“Tomorrow we get up and fight all over again.”
FINIS
The Story Continues with book 5, Finish What You Started.
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Author Notes - Michael Anderle
December 24, 2018
THANK YOU for not only reading this story but these Author Notes as well.
(I think I’ve been good with always opening with “thank you.” If not, I need to edit the other Author Notes!)
RANDOM (sometimes) THOUGHTS?
I often refuse to talk politics, because some readers (like me) are not wild about reading them in my stories, and certainly not in my Author Notes.
However, they get into the stories, since politics are often part of the story (can’t help it, politicians are often assholes.)
The reason I bring this up is due to an explanation to a fellow author about how what we write, at times, can come across as the opposite of what we believe.
Case in point. A few months ago, I received a Facebook Messenger message from a *very* displeased reader who was castigating me about a negative attitude toward the President in the story and assumed I was allowing the present President of the United States to be the point of my irritation.
I was not.
I tried to explain, in as short an amount of time possible, since arguing is usually pointless, that I am a WORLD-CLASS cynic about politicians and politics.
I hate them all equally and assume the worst of them all unless overwhelming evidence contradicts me.
True story—I was writing a Kurtherian Gambit book (somewhere in the first twelve books) when the FINAL Presidential election was being held. I had the new President’s gender as female in the book but had to wait until the election was over before releasing.
A guy won, so I changed the book to fit the new gender. (Hey, I was just going by what the polls were proclaiming. While I did vote, I didn’t vote for either of them.)
I was a dick to whichever President won because I didn’t base my character on the real person. It just so happens the gender changed, and it became a man instead of a woman.
Yet, some assume I actually care who is in the office. While I might personally, I don’t do that in my stories.
So, if you think I hate the present President (even if you are reading this in 2026) the answer is I might not hate the person, but I am very cynical about what they are doing for my country.
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AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
One of the interesting (at least to me) aspects of my life is the ability to work from anywhere and at any time. In the future, I hope to re-read my own Author Notes and remember my life as a diary entry.
Christmas Eve 2018 Baby!
I’m in California eating frozen candy corns left over from Halloween (actually, I think maybe Thanksgiving… I don’t remember.)
Either way, frozen candy corns are freaking delicious. They aren’t so hard just out of the freezer that it hurts if you rush and chomp on them (not great, but they aren’t a hard candy) and they melt to room temperature pretty fast.
They also, I found out, coat my fingers with sugar, and it messes up my laptop’s keyboard.
Crap.
Also, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Christmas music is stellar!
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