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My apologies to Former President Clinton. It wasn’t actually himself that bumped me from the telly yesterday. In fact, I may never know which politician or political event that actually did the deed. So, apologies to my fellow Arkansasian. I was born there, for those of you who don’t know that. Apparently, Missouri is going to be getting a lot of attention until November 4th arrives, or until the polls tell the politicians that there is a clear winner here between Obama and McCain. Right now, they are too close to call here. So we are going to be getting special attention. Oh, boy.

It occurred to me today that we are missing a marketing opprotunity. SWALLOWING DARKNESS is a political thriller. The rulership of fairie will be up for grabs. Now, admittedly, the fairie courts do it the old fashioned way: assassinations and war, but still it’s politics. Someone once said that elections are change without the war. Before the concept of elections, most leadership were hereditary monarchs and change meant killing off that bloodline, and putting a new one in it’s place. (Yes, I know that Greece had the idea of voting long before America was a spark in anyone’s imagination, but you better be over twenty, male, and a free citizen, or you were out of luck.) Rome went back and forth on the idea of emperors and republics, but usually it took war to change it. We make change bloodless and fairly painless by comparison. So, even though I’m tired of the political race in this country. I am so ready to vote. I still much prefer this way of doing business to the alternative.

Having said that I’m tired of it all, leads me back to the marketing idea I had today. Adds, or little voice messages, that say something like, "Tired of your politics being gray, want some clear choices, want to know who is bad and who is good? Read SWALLOWING DARKNESS where the politics have villains and heroes, and no one apologizes for their beliefs, or worries about an opinion poll. Join Princess Meredith NicEssus as she fights to stay alive long enough to gain a throne, and save the lives of everyone she loves. Politics the old-fashioned way: war and assassiantion. SWALLOWING DARKNESS; choose your queen."