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| Fiction Somewhere, someone is entertained |
Amazingly I have a huge number of readers from overseas, or at least that's what the stats page says. It wouldn't surprise me if someone genuinely believed that my "Is it fiction?" stories to be true. Fortunately, I label them as fiction, but unfortunately a lot of people often forget to read the labels.
What do I write about when I write fiction?
God, alcoholism, drugs, depression, life, introspection on writing fiction, quotes that affect writing fiction, and a lot of other things. Surprisingly outside of prescription drugs (prescribed to me), I have (honestly) never tried drugs before. I've stood next to people getting high on marijuana, but outside of that haven't done them nor do I have much of a desire to try them.
The bottom line is that they are fictional stories. I've had some people write to me saying they enjoy them more than my filthy porno-commentary. And this is why I periodically continue writing fiction. I suppose it's also why when I get concerned emails about my "heroin" addiction, I'm eager to write more.
It has been said that "A half truth is [considered to be] the worst kind of lie[,]" which is exactly why I call my stories fiction, instead of "Honest to God Truth Reveal."
Anyhow, here are some tidbits from my "Is-It-Fiction?" work.
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Am I less myself when I try to understand myself? I don't know. Or am I more? I don't know. Should I know who I am? I want to know. Who really knows who I am, outside of myself? I want to know.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Fuck you Franklin.
What is liberty? What does it mean to have emotional or spiritual liberty? Certainly some structured foundations could accommodate this on a case by case basis, but I could also show how one without structure could also have liberty.
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Putting the car in gear I felt invincible driving back to the office. I finished beer about two-thirds of the way there, and threw it out the window at an intersection about a quarter of a mile away from my destination.
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Sometimes when I feel trouble in life I am reminded of a strategic survival technique that a survivor expert once said,
"Often the greatest issue for people who love to hunt, fish, and adventure in the wilderness is overconfidence. Many times hunters are found 3 days being lost in the woods and the first thing they'll say to the rescuers is "I'm not lost."The same pride that let them believe their compass was wrong, or that they could keep walking through the night to get out, lasts right until the end where there is no admission they were indeed lost.As one pushes the other to keep on moving when in fact the best thing to do is to stop, build a shelter, and spend the night." - Les Stroud, Survivorman
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We'd meet whenever it was convenient for him or if I wanted to check up on him, and mainly this was up to his wife. If she wasn't doing some kind of errand or gardening, he was at home reading or leisurely spending time with her. What does a couple do during retirement? Since they had no children I couldn't imagine that they were always busy. However, I have speculated that Gladys wanted children, but Arturo never talked about it and I wasn't ever going to ask.
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Frowning, I refocused my attention. Nothing is solved without patience. And that goes for you too. I griped under my breath looking down at my bourbon in hand, using my open hand to stroke my hair back. I have you. We know the rules, and you won't leave me if I want you to stay. For a moment I expected the crow on the bottle's label to reply, but nothing happened.
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I had to remind the reader that IIF stands for "Is-It-Fiction?" which means it is a combination of truth, fiction, or is a half-truth(s), the latter of which we all know "is the worst kind of a lie." Sometimes I use half-truths when writing fiction, and that's why it's called "fiction."
I almost should call it Friction Fiction, because whatever I talk about in the fiction realm seems to get the most attention and "friction" with my audience. I could puke, but I'm having too much fun maintaining my smile, due to epic amounts of heroin and liquor.
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If you want to read more about fiction, click the label on the right.
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