It came to my attention that I use terms like "punch out" and the like a lot. As if I do not take writing seriously. I assure you, there are few things that I take as seriously as my own work. Not simply because I do it, but because this is a time honored tradition: storytelling, and there are so many before us now who paved the way for the way for new ways to say/convey things, ideas, provoking situations, etc.
What I don't take seriously is: me. And I aim to keep it that way. I, myself, am not a joke or carnival side thought. However, I will not take myself so seriously that I forget I am human, therefore, often erroneous, fallible, but, under the right circumstances, a helluva good time! To top it off, I also strive for great things. It is what keeps the head up when everything else seems to be crumbling down.
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I do have one question, though. How do authors get the question: Where do you get your ideas? Ninety percent of the time people find out I write--for a living--I get one flabbergasted look and, "there any money in that?" response.
My only retort by then is, "yeah, sometimes." Sometimes, depending on the company, I keep that to myself for some off-handed smart-alecky remark. What I do is what I do. The rest of life, I am who I am. And laughter is so much better than a stern jaw until some achievement is reached. Life is too short for that. Live in between the highs, toboggan the lows so that momentum aids your return to better days, and always make room for those quirky things that give smiles their voice . . . or bark.
But, seriously, people get that question???
Must be the difference in how we carry ourselves . . .
~ See you on the bookshelves!
