Here’s the “Deal”

May 8, 2008 by Karl.

Good morning my friends; I looked at the record of my blog entries and was amazed to see it’s been a month since I last wrote to tell you of the latest happenings in our lives.

In my last post, I mentioned a “deal”, so here it is:

Carol and I applied to play on “Deal or No Deal” for our Wounded Warriors and if we are selected, we will give all of our winnings to these wonderful men and women who have given so much of themselves and their bodies to protect the American way of life.

The process was long - a 23 page application for each of us; photos galore, and a five minute video explaining why we wanted to be on the program.

We sent it in about a month ago, and are still waiting to hear anything. We hope we are successful, but know the show must receive hundreds if not thousands of applications each month, so we’ll sit and wait.

You might say a small prayer for us, or keep your fingers crossed. I’ll let you know when we hear anything.

In the book department, I’ve sent several off to agents, and thought I might have made a connection with one, but after requesting the full manuscript and having it six weeks, he eventually declined to represent me.

I have two books at other agents, and we are keeping our spirits high as we wait to hear anything positive. These novels would make such great books, just as “Signs of Our Times” would. Wish we had an “in” with someone. I’d love to have Val Kilmer play the role of Claude.

Who would you have as Carla?

How about Joe? I thought Tom Arnold could play that part pretty well.

I’m starting another novel - a story of adventure in the old west, fabled gold mines, intrigue, romance and a nice enjoyable story. 110 pages are done, (or started). There’s always editing to do.

One of the reasons I’ve been absent from the computer was a weeklong trip to Illinois to visit with Carol’s three sisters. We met some great people there, including two nice ladies at a garage sale who donated some of their “Beanie Babies” to place in the boxes we send to the troops every month.

We’ve now dispatched more than 3,200 boxes.

I hope you’ll stop by again to see if we receive a positive response from “Deal or No Deal”… See you soon,

Until then,

Via con Dias my friends,

Karl

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