Writing is Pure Joy

 

This caricature while completed in 1977/78 by a local Alamance County, North Carolina artist, for an entirely different reason, still has relevance today since it symbolizes my desire to write.  I supposed today, I would be sitting in front of a keyboard or a tablet instead of a typewriter.

I write about things that interest me when I write my essays or opinion pieces.  My interest flow around politics, economics, education, philosophy, psychology, and memories

I write lines of poetry that started in high school but did not become full blown daily exercises until 1972 when I returned to college after being in the military for 21 months.  My poetry is about things I see, I feel, I imagine, and that I project.

I write novels and this activity did not start until 2015 when I retired, and I wanted to make sure I had something to do.  Ten years later, I have completed 15 novels with another five that I have started but got sidetracked on an idea for another novel.  My novels are typically 100,000 to 150,000 words; however, my current novel is tentatively planned for 300,000 to 500,000 words.

My novels revolve around science fiction, spies, a variation on current events, futuristic novels, and fall from grace.

Finally, I maintain two blogs daily, REFLECTIONS: White Scorpion which is where I post my poetry, both current and poems written in the past.  MY WRITTING JOURNAL which started out as a place to post only my current essays and opinions.  However, over the years, I have transformed it into a blog that also posts almost anything I can think of including photos, items on health and fitness, other opinions, other articles, recipes,  videos from places like rumble, etc.

My Writing Journal will continue to evolve as I continue to find things that I think readers will enjoy reading and/or knowing about.

Both my blogs will continue for as long as I have the ability to write.  They will not continue because of the number of hits I receive each day.  I write because I like to write, and I share because I like to share.  What you do with it is your business.