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Night_Writer
1 month ago
Straight Male
United States
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I've had a "dark" personality since my early years in school, which my poems and stories found in my deceased parents belongings from that time have recently shown me. The thing is, I'm a rational "Spock" kind of individual, so experience and analysis mean something. I recognize the darkness when it descends, but also know it will pass, given time and patience. As we age and live with bouts of depression, we come to recognize that the frightening uncertainty in the darkness is what spirals into more depression. Our sightline to a brighter day becomes the key to weathering through it. If left abandoned on a raft, afloat in a limitless sea, the sight of a distant shore is everything. That said, plenty of writers have been victims of depression: Hemingway, Poe, Dickens. Maybe it's something in the genes of a writer who needs to write. Or maybe it's the result of the frustration of story and words that infest the imagination and then refuse to spill onto the page with the same color and light. Knowing it will pass is the key for me. Waiting for it to pass is torture.
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My wife always gets a lot of attention from other men in public, usually just looks, then chatting when I step away. I'll kid her about it then and there and she'll shush me and tell me I'm imagining it. Then when we get home and do a little role playing in bed she can't wait to tell me which guy she would have wanted and what she'd want him to do to her. So, it doesn't upset me because I know what I'll get when we get home...
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Black Box Pinot Noir, fresh strawberry ice cream with chocolate topping.
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I love the Knights too. Their live performances are amazing.
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The Knights perform Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" during their soundcheck at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park.
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And, more strange tales, thanks to Luca's recommendation: Robert Aickman, The Collected Strange Stories, vols. I & II. Ghost stories and tales of the inexplicable. Ultimate exercise for the imagination.
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Well, I'm stunned, and very grateful. Thanks so much for the recognition!
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I had trouble saving drafts a day or two ago, but it worked fine tonight.
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Can the editor working on my recent re-edit of Best Served Warm please contact me before publishing again? Thanks.