Because I write full-time, I find it hard to blog. I find it hard to remember to blog. My brain is so filled up with words and ideas and research. It finally occurred to me that maybe I was writing too many non-fiction books. I mean, people would ask about one of my earlier books and I couldn't remember one factoid or thing I had written about! I've stopped doing much radio because I have to go back and read what I wrote years ago.
Me thinks my brain is too full. I have a couple more non-fiction titles under contract and then I think it's time to return to the creativity of the right brain. I am writing more fiction, screenplays, novellas and it makes me so happy. I've rediscovered my passion for writing and telling stories, a passion that began when I was old enough to talk and got teased by my beloved Poppy for taking any ordinary situation in life, such as a trip to buy shoes, and spinning an elaborate story out of it. When my Poppy said that to me, he was recognizing what I came here to do...tell stories.
I will write non-fiction in the future if the spirit moves me, or if I get an offer I cannot refuse! But I long to return to the days when I could look at something ordinary, and see something deeper...enough to spin a story out of it. My Poppy knew me even before I knew myself.
Hi...
ReplyDeleteI'm currently reading an article you've written in my magazine, New Dawn Australia.
While I agree with many of things you say, you seem to be dog-whistling far-right hatred...
"Dishonour the family unit (gender
division, war on the family, hatred of
traditional values)."
That seems to contradict what you've been saying in your article, and that is for people to think for themselves, and not go with the status quo and for people to not fall victim to the "mass formation psychosis."
Aren't people free to think about what the typical nuclear family is?
The typical nuclear family, as portrayed by the mass media over the last several decades, is a very conservative portrayal. That's why I think you are grossly contradicting yourself on that point.