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Note from Suz: It's bulletin board visit day!
I'll be spending time on my Boardhost message board today, Friday, August 10, 2007. From 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (ET, with a break mid-day for lunch) I'll be popping in to my internet message board to answer questions.
Coupla rules:
1) Please post your questions in the subject header of the post.
2) No spoilers please! If you've gotten your hands on an advance copy of FORCE OF NATURE, or even if you've read a revealing review of the book (or a revealing blurb of ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT!), please don't post any information that will spoil the book(s) for other readers.
3) Feel free to ask questions about writing, about characters, about my dinner with Joss Whedon, my favorite Buffy episodes, about the Troubleshooters and TDD series, about any of my books, about BURN NOTICE (my new fav TV show! Oh, Bruce Campbell! You rock!), about my upcoming FORCE OF NATURE book tour, about... Anything! If you don't have a question but just want to post to say "hi," that's fine, too!
4) I'll try to answer as many questions as possible! But, as always, I reserve the right to say "No comment!" <G>
FYI: I'll be back for another day-long board visit in September 11, 2007 -- mark your calendars! I'll be ready to answer all your FORCE OF NATURE specific questions at that time!
See you on the bb...
Board URL: http://members2.boardhost.com/brockmann/ (in case the link above glitches...)
ONE LAST REMINDER: The FORCE OF NATURE Virtual Signing deadline is at noon (ET) this Sunday, August 12th!
Countdown Flashback of the
Day:
Jules Cassidy meets Ben Webster
From BREAKING POINT:
Marine Captain Ben Webster was pretty laid-back for a guy who looked as
if he could bench press the entire
He seemed fine with the fact that although he and his Marines had been
sent to
Max had made sure Emilio's computer disks were secure.
The Marines were settling in to guard the house -- at least until a team
from the Jakarta CIA office could arrive to search it more thoroughly.
"Excuse me, Mr. Bhagat. I'm sorry to bother you, sir."
Max looked up from his conversation with Webster to see one of the Marine
medics standing nearby. "What's up, Corporal?" he asked.
"Your associate, Mr. Cassidy, sir? I've been recommending that we
get him back to the ship's hospital," the earnest young man said. "His
leg needs to be properly set. Yes, it's splinted, but it's got to be killing
him. In addition, he's lost a lot of blood from that gunshot wound, plus he's
had a head injury. They can be real tricky."
"Good," Max said. "Get him over there."
"Yes, sir, that's the problem. He won't go. He insists that he's got
to talk to both you and Cap'n Web."
Speak of the devil. Jules came hobbling over.
He held out his hand. "Captain Webster, once again, it was a
pleasure, sir. Your men and women
think very highly of you." The
two men shook. "I didn't want
to leave without thanking you," Jules told him.
"I should probably be thanking you," Webster said with a smile.
"My people are glad to be on shore for awhile.
We've been ramped up and ready to go ever since the word came down about
the dirty bomb plot. We were hoping
we'd get ordered back to
Jules turned to Max. "I'm not sure if you heard, sir, but there were
only a few casualties in that attack."
"It's been frustrating," Webster admitted.
"But it's not every day we get an order direct from the White
House."
A what? Max looked at Jules.
"Yes, well..." Jules
met his eyes only briefly.
"I'd love to chat more," Webster continued, "but you know,
Barney here, he's a smart kid. If he says you need to get to the hospital, then
you should get going."
"Thanks again, sir." Jules
shook his hand again.
"You're welcome again," the captain said, his smile warm.
"I'll be back aboard the ship myself at around 1900.
If it's okay with you, I'll, uh, stop in, see how you're doing."
Son of a bitch. Was Jules
getting hit on? Max looked at
Webster again. He looked like a
Marine captain. Muscles, meticulous
uniform, well-groomed hair. That
didn't make him gay. And he'd smiled
warmly at Max, too. The man was
friendly, personable. And yet...
Jules was flustered.
"Thanks," he said. "That would be... That'd be nice. Would
you excuse me, though, for a sec? I've
got to speak to Max, before I, uh... But I'll head over to the ship right
away."
Webster shook Max's hand. "It was an honor meeting you, sir."
He smiled again at Jules.
Okay, he hadn't smiled at Max like that.
Max waited until the captain and the medic both were out of earshot.
"Is he--"
"Don't ask, don't tell," Jules said.
"But, oh my God."
From the book
BREAKING POINT
By Suzanne Brockmann
A Ballantine Book
Copyright 2005 by Suzanne Brockmann
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Countdown to FORCE
OF NATURE!
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