The first SURGICAL STRIKE book came about because of a phone call. We were in our office doing what ever we were doing and we get a call from the office of that big movie producer I told you about last time. Once the connection was made, our friend the producer says, “Jerry, I want you to write a story for me with 3 RAMBOS.” He wanted a yarn filled with action and shooting and heroic men living on the edge.
Yep, we took the bait, dropped everything else and spent a lot of time coming up with a story. We gave him what he perceived he wanted that day and I think we did a pretty good job. Three RAMBOS with different personalities all united to fight terrorism. Coming up with a plot was as easy as reading the day’s headlines. We sent him our synopsis and detailed outline along with weaponry ideas and anything else we felt could be helpful. I imagine everything is still sitting on a shelf somewhere or in a dead file along with probably thousands of other ideas.
We had fun coming up with all this but realizing that the likelihood of anything ever happening to get it on a big screen or little screen or, for that matter, any screen was remote, we decided to shop it around as a book. An editor at Bantam Books liked the idea and gave us a contract for not one but three books based on these 3 anti-terrorist RAMBOS. Written at a time when we still believed that America would not stand down to terrorism and that we must fight the good fight because we were the good guys and proud of it. The 3 SURGICAL STRIKE books have been reprinted by Speaking Volumes. www.speakingvolumes.us
BTW: PARKING SPACE 32D Have you heard that the parking garage in Rosslyn, Virginia, where “Deep Throat,” leaked information about the Watergate scandal to Washington Post reporter, Bob Woodward, is going to be destroyed? A developer is going to replace the 1960s office building and parking garage with a 28 story residential building and a separate commercial building offering retail and office space. “Deep Throat,” later identified as Mark Felt, the former deputy director of the FBI, gave information to Woodward over the course of a year, which eventually led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. Felt was able to keep his identity as “Deep Throat” secret for 30 years. I wonder how many tears will be shed for the demise of this historic spot.
Sharon