Johnny Ali

Johnny Ali II has begun being written today.

The title has not yet been decided, but it will follow as a sequel to Johnny Ali and the Genie’s Ruby and delve deeper into the war on terror. Of course there isn’t too much to say until the first one is published.

Settings Tidbit

The town of Johnny’s high school, called Eagle Rock, is not the same as the real one and in fact a fictional place, located much closer to the Beverly Hills in the story.

American misconceptions and mistakes

How come we can bomb other countries and support murder (we gave Saddam weapons to fight Iran, we funded death squads in South America, and torture alleged terrorists), but when we are attacked its so evil and unjust of them?

If we aren’t allowed to visit Cuba and smoke their cigars, why do we have Cuban missile and military bases?

Terrorists are said to hate our freedom, but its like Osama bin Laden said, I paraphrase, “If I hated freedom I would bomb Switzerland.”

Anyone remember Lawrence of Arabia and how he instigated mutinies within the Ottoman Empire in WWI? Why didn’t we just do that to get rid of Saddam (if he was a threat) instead of spending billions every year on this war?

Oh the gas prices are rising

Revisions on Johnny Ali and the Genie’s Ruby will be completed today. And this week the story will be submitted out. “Insha’allah” it will be published and be a success….

Status Update

Wow I whole month has passed and I’ve posted nothing. I’ve been pretty busy and made some significant changes to the story, hopefully for the better. I have been editing a lot and it should be roughly completed this weekend. Only a few minor edits need to be done and then a final read through and review to make sure everything sounds right and basically to make sure there are no glaring errors or unresolved issues.