"Coming Out" on Facebook

Yikes! So I posted my goal to Facebook setting a release date for my first novel (December 7). This is a scary proposition from the point of view that I will actually never be able to show my face on Facebook again if I miss this deadline!

Why December 7? All I can say right now is that there is an important story line in the book that takes place during World War II, and one very tragic event that illustrated the barbarity of the Nazi regime in the closing days of the war.

Seeing Facebook posts and hearing comments this week about the killing of Osama Bin Laden has also caused me to think through some interesting comparisons. No one on this side of the Rhine mourned the death of Hitler in the closing days of World War II and I hear no mourning today. However, I have friends struggling with the celebratory atmosphere over what many consider to be a simple revenge killing.

I'm not giddy about it or chanting "U-S-A" in front of the cameras, but I guess I throw my hat in with those who generally like it when the bad guy loses. There are enough situations in which the reverse is typically true.