In The Cone of Silence

Remember Get Smart?
Agent Maxwell Smart used to get into The Cone of Silence with his boss at the spy agency so their conversations were kept secret. Pictured is the smaller version of The Cone, used when the bigger version was deemed not secure enough.

How did the actors do this without laughing? I know it must have been many takes before they got it right, but still...that's what I call acting!

It's time for me to go into the Cone of Silence about my new book, The Final Password. It's in the finishing stretch. I won't mention it again after this until it's coming out.

Some of you may remember that I finished an early version about a year and a half ago. I didn't think it was good enough, so I did Page One rewrite, which is just what it sounds like.

I used a different process to do this one. Example: I use Beta Readers, people who look at early drafts to make comments. But this time I used different people, who hadn't read the previous JR Johnson books. 

This is a darker JR. He's still funny, but he's not the same. Toni Anne is in the book, so is Barbara Jean.

As I wrote I imagined this was a long form TV show, like Dexter, The Americans, Longmire, Bosch, or Breaking Bad. Would I watch a show based on this book? That was my goal.

Notice I didn't mention Yellowstone. JR makes fun of Yellowstone in The Final Password. I guarantee you'll laugh. Unless you're a big fan of the Dutton family, in which case I may get some hate mail.

Coming soon: The Final Password.

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