{"id":1980,"date":"2023-10-02T09:45:46","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T09:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/october-2023\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T17:36:00","slug":"october-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/october-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nl-banner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/a-note-from-nelson-banner.jpg\" alt=\"A Note from Nelson\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" shape=\"rect\">last Newsletter<\/a>, I suggested that people should not loan or give away books that they\u2019ve bought and read and that they should burn them to avoid passing on germs. Well, about 99% of my readers who responded to this got the joke. It\u2019s the other one percent who worries me. I mean, I got some nasty emails about book burning, saving the environment, and also asking if I wanted to burn libraries. For the record, I don\u2019t. In fact, I always include libraries on my book tour. Also for the record, I think it\u2019s great that people share books that they\u2019ve enjoyed. My modest proposal, like Jonathan Swift\u2019s <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0486287599\/nelsondemille-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Modest Proposal <\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(to raise children to be sold and eaten) was tongue-in-cheek. Like, a joke. Sorry if a few of my readers took it seriously. I really need to go to that sensitivity class.<\/p>\n<p>On a related subject, my new book,\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/blood-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Blood Lines<\/a><\/i>, coauthored with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" shape=\"rect\">my son Alex<\/a>, will be out on October 10. No need to buy it, it\u2019s available at all libraries. If you do buy it, pass it on to a friend. Or donate it to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Also, you can read the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/blood-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" shape=\"rect\">first two chapters for free by clicking here<\/a>. Maybe I\u2019ll post the whole book online.<\/p>\n<p><i>That<\/i>\u00a0was a joke!\u00a0\ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Hope you enjoy\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/blood-lines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" shape=\"rect\">Blood Lines<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"nl-signature\">Sincerely,<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alexdemille.com\/nelson\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/nelson-demille-signature.png\" alt=\"Nelson DeMille signature\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In my\u00a0last Newsletter, I suggested that people should not loan or give away books that they\u2019ve bought and read and that they should burn them to avoid passing on germs. Well, about 99% of my readers who responded to this got the joke. It\u2019s the other one percent who worries me. 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