As I'm sure most people who start out a web log are apt to do, I'm going to make a statement indicating that this is my first post and I really have no idea where this thing is going to go from here.
Who am I? Well, I'm a political scientist attending in a PhD program at Western Michigan University. I'm essentially a theorist, but half the time I haven't a clue if that's all that I am, or if I'm even pursuing the correct direction of studies. I find myself with tons of ideas about what I believe is true about the world, and for some reason, I find that no one else seems to share these ideas. When I try to present them, I also find direct resistance, almost condescending in nature so that it becomes very frustrating to try to advance something new when one really doesn't know if it's new or if it's just stupid. Yeah, that last part kind of sums up most of my educational career.
I guess it is important to point out that I am a writer first before anything else. I have been writing my entire life, and it is the one passion that has remained with me since the very beginning. I've done all sorts of other things, including West Point, judo, choral performance, forensics, debate, police work and investigations, computer game creation, flipping burgers and whatnot. But in the end, it has always come back to my writing.
To this date, I have written eleven novels and about one hundred short stories. There is a huge selection of plays, poetry and that sort of stuff that I don't even count, but the main items, the books and short stories, seem to be what I am most about. I published one novel Innocent Until Proven Guilty through iUniverse Press, and I've had a couple of close calls with the others, but it just hasn't happened yet. My novels run the spectrum from mystery/suspense to science fiction/fantasy. The current novel I am working on is a lot different. It is called The Ameriad, and it is best described as a humorous Greek epic. Yes, a lot different for me, but I think it is probably going to be one of those novels that helps to establish who and what I really am.
I think part of the problem of me being a writer has been accepting that I am a writer. I recently came to a realization that I have had such lofty goals for my writing success that I have been kicking myself for not "being" the great writer that I want to be. I am a very good writer, and I love everything that I have written. For way too long, up until just about a day or so ago, I found myself feeling that my success would not come until I actually became famous or rich. Those are situations that one cannot control. That is an outside influence that I feel has totally subjected my writing to personal criticism when it has not been warranted. I have come to the conclusion that I am a professional writer, and I'm a pretty good one. One day, I hope to make money from it, but for now, I realize that I do this very well, and it has taken me a great deal of time to stop beating myself up over the years I have tried to become the next Stephen King or insert appropriate author here.
Anyway, this is my first entry. I have no idea if this even works, or if people ever even read these things. So here goes.
Stumble It!
Who am I? Well, I'm a political scientist attending in a PhD program at Western Michigan University. I'm essentially a theorist, but half the time I haven't a clue if that's all that I am, or if I'm even pursuing the correct direction of studies. I find myself with tons of ideas about what I believe is true about the world, and for some reason, I find that no one else seems to share these ideas. When I try to present them, I also find direct resistance, almost condescending in nature so that it becomes very frustrating to try to advance something new when one really doesn't know if it's new or if it's just stupid. Yeah, that last part kind of sums up most of my educational career.
I guess it is important to point out that I am a writer first before anything else. I have been writing my entire life, and it is the one passion that has remained with me since the very beginning. I've done all sorts of other things, including West Point, judo, choral performance, forensics, debate, police work and investigations, computer game creation, flipping burgers and whatnot. But in the end, it has always come back to my writing.
To this date, I have written eleven novels and about one hundred short stories. There is a huge selection of plays, poetry and that sort of stuff that I don't even count, but the main items, the books and short stories, seem to be what I am most about. I published one novel Innocent Until Proven Guilty through iUniverse Press, and I've had a couple of close calls with the others, but it just hasn't happened yet. My novels run the spectrum from mystery/suspense to science fiction/fantasy. The current novel I am working on is a lot different. It is called The Ameriad, and it is best described as a humorous Greek epic. Yes, a lot different for me, but I think it is probably going to be one of those novels that helps to establish who and what I really am.
I think part of the problem of me being a writer has been accepting that I am a writer. I recently came to a realization that I have had such lofty goals for my writing success that I have been kicking myself for not "being" the great writer that I want to be. I am a very good writer, and I love everything that I have written. For way too long, up until just about a day or so ago, I found myself feeling that my success would not come until I actually became famous or rich. Those are situations that one cannot control. That is an outside influence that I feel has totally subjected my writing to personal criticism when it has not been warranted. I have come to the conclusion that I am a professional writer, and I'm a pretty good one. One day, I hope to make money from it, but for now, I realize that I do this very well, and it has taken me a great deal of time to stop beating myself up over the years I have tried to become the next Stephen King or insert appropriate author here.
Anyway, this is my first entry. I have no idea if this even works, or if people ever even read these things. So here goes.
Stumble It!
posted by Duane @ 8:11 AM
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