It has been almost two years since my last post. At that point I was about to set forth to change the world. However, before one changes the world, one must prepare. Rome wasn't built in a day, but it hasn't been destroyed for centuries either - so there, whatever that means.
My ex used to call my writing "mental masturbation." So I guess this would be public mental masturbation. And what is it that I will masturbate about? Well, I'm not a pundit. I'm truly not that clever and I tend to be way to sarcastic. However, since my last posting, I've decided to return to school to get a masters degree - in creative writing. I've also been appointed the editor-in-chief of a respected literary magazine. The two are related in that the school, and more importantly the writing program, are the publishers.
So I guess I'll use this forum to talk about writing. I've just come back from a week-long writer's workshop and for the first time in my life I'm starting to take myself seriously as a writer. I've always been a journalist - a craftsman using words to describe events and facts. But a writer creates new worlds, defines what it is to be human by his/her art and craft. These new worlds offer the reader a chance to escape the real world and hopefully, if the writer has done his/her job properly, learn something about the nature of the human animal.
Like Dennis Miller always says, that's just my opinion -- I could be wrong.
As for the world, well we've elected a black president, we've fallen into the biggest economic hole since the Great Depression, and Farrah and Michael are dead. God help us!
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