The economy. All you have to say is those two words to send shivers up the spine of most folks. Jobs have been lost, companies have gone under and predictions made in my novel of last year, DEADLY RESEARCH, are coming true. I'm afraid to write my next novel. So with money tight and attention elsewhere, it looked like WALKING TARGETS, B. K. Eakman's latest book, would not be selling much. Education, after all, is not on anyone's mind - unless you're a parent, or a teacher, or a home-schooler, or a policy maker, then your attention is firmly on education.
WALKING TARGETS, How Our Psychologized Classrooms are Producing a Nation of Sitting Ducks, is also coming true with a vengeance. Not that we wanted it to. But with two-income families becoming three-income families, which still doesn't pay the bills, the chapter on "Outsourcing Parenthood" is oddly foreboding.
Implant IDs are in the news again and being touted as the latest miracle to handle your missing pet, child, aging parent or soldier in the field. Bev's article, "Implanted IDs: Click Here" brings that into focus.
So WALKING TARGETS is still moving out to people who want a viewpoint on what's happening. And Beverly Eakman is still a trustworthy predictor of things to come. You can view the book and order it at http://www.midnightwhistler.com.
The short story blog is at http://jonbatson.blogspot.com
Jon
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