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Post by DrLeftover on May 21, 2017 7:35:14 GMT -5
For awhile, I was doing so much NON-fiction, several people asked me if I still wrote Fiction.
The answer was "yes, just not lately."
Going forward here, I'd be happy to discuss the various genera of Non-Fiction and what each takes out of you in the effort to 'get it right'.
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Post by DrLeftover on May 26, 2017 19:43:36 GMT -5
The question was asked 'what is your definition of Non-Fiction'.
And my answer is:
"well, damn. Hell. I don't know. I guess, it's well, real stuff, mostly"
But remember: I'm coming from the swamp of a PhD in Metaphysics, I write science fiction, I describe myself as a 'half-drunken, half-crippled, ex-sportswriter', I spent 20 years covering politics and sports, so, asking me what IS non-fiction, I have to respond with the question:
"you tell me where reality ends and fiction begins, and I'll do the same"
and now, I need two ice cubes for my booze? You OK?
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Post by Tanya on May 26, 2017 19:52:22 GMT -5
Ooh, a snappy response!
But... we both know its an endless cycle, only the very young consider the two completely separate and that is only because they haven't lived life yet.
But I did have to toss the question out there.
And I'm good tonight. Need a bit of food but that is all. Thank you for asking though.
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Post by DrLeftover on May 27, 2017 14:35:00 GMT -5
"Reality is a dangerous concept"
- Dr. Havant, Blake's 7, episode 'The Way Back', written by Terry Nation, BBC Production, 1978
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Post by DrLeftover on May 30, 2017 17:37:45 GMT -5
Occasionally I'll ask for suggestions on a forum or on FB or even in the real world. Sometimes I'll see or hear something on the news or some other program that I'll look up and, if there is anything worthwhile there, I'll dig deeper and start writing. And, then, sometimes, once I get started, it'll play out and prove to not be worthwhile. But once in awhile, I'll end up with...... alchemy
" He has concentrated my mind,
clarified my intellect,
and said,
'Light & Darkness
share a common place.'" - Avaiyar's Vinayagar Agaval themediadesk.com/files8/alchemy.htm. |
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Post by DrLeftover on May 30, 2017 17:41:09 GMT -5
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Post by DrLeftover on Jun 23, 2017 15:06:07 GMT -5
"Now Lady Ishtar espieth the beauty of Gilgamish: saith she, 'Gilgamish, come, be a bridegroom, to me of the fruit of thy body Grant me largesse: for my husband shalt be and I'll be thy consort. O, but I'll furnish a chariot for thee, all azure and golden, Golden its wheel, and its yoke precious stones...' " - The Epic Of Gilgamesh, 700 BC Tablet Six (Translated by R. Campbell Thompson, 1928)
the intro for:
Why Gold?themediadesk.com/files8/gold.htm. |
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