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Reflections and ruminations from a modern day Alice - Life is Wonderland  Welcome to the place were I chronicle my own falls down dark holes and adventures chasing white rabbits! Come on In, Take a Bite, You Never Know What You May Find... "Curiouser and curiouser." Alice in Wonderland ** Image ID #1701066 Unavailable **   |
| "Blogging Circle of Friends " DAY 2242: January 8, 2019 Prompt: “There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.” ― Erma Bombeck What do you think? This prompt makes me think of those moments that feel wholly inappropriate like getting a fit of giggles at a funeral or feeling inexplicably sad during a snowfall. The line between emotions is a thin veil at times, highly relative to where we are in our lives at any given moment. It is the reason we can rise above loss and tragedy and find the silver lining in a rain cloud. I think as human beings we have a built in fail safe to our emotions. We have the ability to adapt, which gives most of us authorship over our emotions overcoming or consuming us. "Blog City ~ Every Blogger's Paradise" DAY 1849--January 8, 2019 “I am still committed to the idea that the ability to think for one’s self depends upon one’s mastery of the language.” Joan Didion, Slouching Toward Bethlehem: Essays What are your thoughts on this subject? At the risk of producing a post with political leanings...this prompt makes me think of President Trump completely as someone who very clearly does not posses mastery over language and thereby does not posses the ability to think for himself. He is someone who consistently fails to express himself with anything but a crude command of the language, speaking with a coherency more appropriate for a fifth grade classroom than from the highest office in the land. He is someone who gives the ultimate impression that his thoughts are influenced and even dictated by what he sees and hears on television or reads in the headlines. Oddly enough, it is this truth about him that bothers me more than some of his policies. I find it very difficult to listen to him speak publicly - I have higher expectations for our President. A leader should inspire people, they should be eloquent and gifted as an orator, they should rally people rather than offend and divide them. They should at least be able to think for themselves and have conviction. He has never given me the impression that he can do either of theses things. |
| 30 Day Blogging Challenge PROMPT January 8th How is your online persona different from your real world persona? How much attention do you pay to your personal privacy when communicating with others online? This is an interesting prompt to consider. I would like to think my online persona isn't all that different from my real world persona with the exception of my handle. I publish under a handle, not my real world name for a few reasons. Initially I adopted the handle when I began to gain acceptances and publications in the erotic and erotic horror genres. There was something about the gender neutrality it gave me that strongly appealed to me. At the time I first started with those genres, there wasn't that same main stream acceptance for the genre. Back then, it still felt like something I had to explain to people. Back then I still suffered from some residual shyness about the material I produced. Then, the more I had pieces accepted, the more I read and met other writers, both my confidence and my love for this particular genre blossomed. I began to understand that Erotica was the genre that most empowered me as a writer. Regardless of my personal feelings about the work itself (and I am not fan), the popularity of Fifty Shades has really opened doors on a genre for which there is a bonified, appreciative and loyal audience. It has also given a much deserved renaissance to the truly great and gifted erotica writers like DH Lawrence and Anis Nin. In fact, another reason I first adopted my handle was as a nod in appreciation for two of my favorite classical writers, DH Lawrence and CS Lewis...both of whom employed their initials in their pen names. I still get that classic reaction when people ask me what I write and I tell them Erotica...but now that reaction is followed by unapologetic interest too. This is nice. These days I write less erotica then I used too, I write less of everything that I used too - demands of life and all. I still write under my handle. I still enjoy the mystery a bit, especially when I dabble and explore genres that are still tend to be more male-dominated. As far as who I am in the real world? I'm a full-time working mom, traits that have come to describe more of me than I would like to admit. I try to be "more" most days, try to follow my passions and my interests - carve out as much "me" time as I can - which isn't nearly enough to write as much as I would like too. I still hope in the coming year to add more publishing credits to my bio. In the meantime, I try to keep active with the blogging because it keeps the muse from getting rusty and complaisant. Blogging keeps me honest, keeps me real and help me keep the craft in focus. Blogging also lets me "meet" other writers, helps me connect with a community and a fellowship that I really enjoy. |
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