Week 2 rolls by quickly
with my avid gaming and incessant lying in bed staring at the
ceiling;the previous line that was written was terrible. Glenn again
has given us a series of choice question to answer in this current
blog, as the world swirled in a bloody ooze and the light in my room
decided to die a horrid death. Well let me begin to say that I grew
up on the isolated archipelago of The Seychelles (the hardest thing
for British people to pronounce), and for practically most of my
life this sun swept oxymoron of a life has been perplexing. I have 4
interesting characters in my life including my grandmother and my
aunty Meher, both have considerable opinion and energy. My
grandmother is a person who sees a person being more useful doing
something practical, which I resented when my interest in artistic
endeavours were passed over nor acknowledge by her. While my aunty
Meher, the grammatical Nazi and imposing nature of correctness,
discussing anything with her is a challenge and a war.
In reading I found
comfort and solitude in tumultuous times during my youth; I read
Frank Herbert's Dune, Science fiction short stories, fantasy (child
and adult fiction), and alternative world history. I fell in love with
stories that made the world didn't seem quite right. These stories
tickled my mind and what I drew/wrote, making me dream of unrealistic
futures and worlds unseen. The latest idea to crop up is of
Gor'Ve'Dar, something which I have to discuss off topic.
I would be interested to read more about how your reading and personal background affects your writing life, perhaps the opening could have been streamlined a little to have achieved this?
ReplyDeleteYou say you have read alternative world history, have you read 'The Man in the High Castle'? I remember really liking that one.
I mainly read more grittier stuff by Harry S Turtledove above a split America, I really want to read 'The Man in the High Castle'.
DeleteYou should, it's pretty interesting.
DeleteI can most certainly relate to the siren call of sci-fi escapism. The examples given of Dune and Homeworld even resonate with me. Almost seems ironic that you've used such distractions as the basis for some writing.
ReplyDeleteI found this blog interesting, however I can't really relate to the sci-fi background. I have to say that I found the screen background a bit distracting, although I did enjoy reading your post.
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