Writer's Note

I feel it necessary at periodic intervals in my writing endeavors to explain the purpose animating my work. It may seem difficult for you to understand this, but I really simply enjoy hearing your thoughts and opinions – however challenging they may be to my own! The fact of the matter is that I like to put my thoughts down on paper – or into digital code as it were…

When I first began writing it was for myself; I would dream up some messed up story, and would develop it for weeks, maybe months… and my interest would slowly die, or I would run out of ideas – sometimes actually my characters would get the better of me and become somewhat real, or rather, that character would take on the personality of someone I knew, and I’d know to stop there. I left writing for a few years after that. I pursued other endeavors that interested me, and then suddenly, I was put into a more public spotlight. I was quite young at the time, yet perhaps less naïve… But I learnt there to love the challenge of writing for someone else. You’ve all probably heard the clichéd statement, “what is art without an audience”… It’s sort of like that.

Not to digress! Yeats once said “it’s not a writer’s business to hold opinions”. He’s right. It’s our job to present them. And that is what I feel I can do here. Perhaps I am wrong, but then, Frank Wright said “I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.” So, maybe I shouldn’t be doing this. I might be out of my mind. I might present an idea that you feel you don’t care much for, or you may find that my thoughts have the amazing capacity of putting medical patients to sleep in under 10 seconds – whatever you may feel toward my work, the irony is that it’s your choice whether you want to read it or not.

Now, I have also noted some complaints that have been queried on another blog against my own (Note: the entry in question no longer exists). Perhaps the plaintiffs have different opinions of what I should and should not be publishing. Freedom of choice is a critical matter, and lack of censorship an immediate second. Several of the issues noted I will address here.

The stated reason for the grievances was that I have censored my comments. Let it be noted here that I do nothing of the sort. I suggest that you use the refresh button on your Internet browser to locate the missing comment(s). I will be happy to personally assist you in that matter if you so please.

It has also been noted that two of my blog entries are perhaps not written according to the taste and fancy of a few of my readers. I will not apologize for that. If the problem is about the topic(s) that I have chosen, I can only say that I write about what attracts my attention the most. In any writer’s, or artist’s life, it is quite often found that a single thing might draw them in for a period of time. I do realize that my blog has to date been quite themed. This is not a planned phenomenon. Nevertheless, I am not writing to please you, but rather merely to write.

The way that I present my ideas may be somewhat unorthodox and, at times, raw to the extreme. Again, I do not apologize. I am fully capable of adjusting my work to whatever level I please, and for the time being, I choose to set my standard at the point which you currently see in this blog. However, it has not escaped my attention that this style is vulnerable to attack. That, too, is fine. You will note that, if my work here is read carefully, the words of Michael MacManus will ring true: “But my work is undistinguished and my royalties are lean because I never am obscure and not at all obscene.”

Dear friends, I leave you to ponder (or not) on the above points.

Warm regards,

Yours, etc.