UPDATE: The winner is…Beverly!
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Silver Soldiers releases in May. I have the other authors’ short stories edited and ready to plunk into the book. Now, I have to write my own story, and I don’t want to think. Or maybe I need a nudge and a hint. That’s where you come in.
I need an idea for an older ex-military or retiring-soon military dude. The only idea I’ve struck upon is a guy who yearns to go fishing and thinks living on a houseboat is his ticket to paradise. But I’d love to hear your ideas before I go down that rabbit hole. Offer a suggestion no matter how wild or silly (he doesn’t have to be of this world or this century). If you give me an idea, even one I never use, you’re entered to win a $5 Amazon gift card!
Plus, have you ever read any of the Boys Behaving Badly Anthologies? You might want to check them out here:
Delilah’s Collections
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How about him not wanting to be put out to pasture?
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How about him giving classes in self-defense (and meeting someone he really likes of course).
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Hmmm, takes over a bar for a sick friend… meets up with some trouble.
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He never intended to retire but he suddenly inherits his sister’s kids and her farm. He finds out that he is really good at being a dad after a few hiccups early on. When he meets the woman that owns the farm next door he finds a kindred spirit. She was in the service and was forced to retire because of an injury.
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runs reindeer farm
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I like one who goes into bodyguarding.
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How about one who “thinks”, but isn’t sure he’s so ready to walk away from his military years. He meets a beautiful, 10 years younger woman one day & finds out she’s ex military, being pushed out for medical reasons. She’s harboring bad feelings because she believes one of her own caused her injuries. The two of them come together and actually help one another adjust to “normal” living.
I am so looking forward to this new anthology.
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Perhaps he’s never really thought he’d be career military, but he found his people while in service and now the thought of being without that network is a challenge he isn’t ready for… but a family emergency has him needing to pull that trigger and return home.
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He starts a hidden business with his found love, and other silver(s) who are not ready to leave leave the military yet to help others.
You could make it on going by having a network of of these in multiple locations satellites where they help each other, and in turn find their loves later in life.
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I like the one where he inherits his sisters kids, maybe older kids but when he meets the lady next door he also inherits her younger kids.