I do try to keep improving in everything I do. With anything artistic, you are going to have some people that don't like it. No matter what you do.
I hope that you will find joy in something I write in the future! Sooner or later I plan to get around to all ways of thinking and ideas.
As for you not liking my writing style... Well, you probably never truly will. My style is my style. I'm constantly making small corrections but it kind of sounds like you simply hate the basic idea of what I do... I probably can't fix that one for you.
All I can hope is that, even if you can't enjoy what I do, that you find joy in other places. Who knows, if I live long enough, maybe I'll accidently hit on a thing in a way that you can tolerate?
Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:05 am
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In this case they feel that the #MeToo movement is being put down because I point out many sides of the issue. That it's both creepy, damages the Hollywood scene by introducing a metric for success other than acting skill and that those that play into that old "casting couch" system are ALSO using it to get ahead.
A certain very far left extremist type of person refuses to see issues being looked at from any angle other than theirs. Again, I brought up this issue well before #MeToo was a thing. No one cared then.
In this case we have a character, Keeley, who is GOING to look at things in a brutal fashion. She sees reality for what it is and will tend not to soft pedal things that often. Unless it benefits her.
Talking about that world, the acting framework and avoiding that issue in order to placate some readers who have a problem with free speech and open thought isn't going to make for better work.
As for getting a slow start... The book starts with a person leaping into action. Literally. I suppose I could have used an explosion... but....
What we are seeing here is the normal kind of thing that happens if the world written doesn't conform to the viewpoint of the few. If I show Christians as not being perfect at any point there will be an attack. If I show police corruption, taking it literally from the headlines, then I'm attacked as a "cop hater", even if I also show the other side of the same topics!
People love to complain when they feel threatened. Notice that no one tried to refute what they didn't like? Instead they attacked the work, because they didn't have arguments that weren't addressed in the book. (Even supported in the book.) They just felt "bad" about not having their viewpoint praised constantly.
*Also: I wrote "Always a Demon" BEFORE "Patriot Smith."
**On top of that: Almost everything I've ever written has some kind of political message to it.
Proxy: Addresses good people caught up in police abuse and corruption.
The Builder: Addresses inequality in economic systems. (All of the Young Ancients has that as a theme, from different angles. Including the collection of vast sums of money with one person... That wasn't a mistake or an aside.)
Dead End: Has strong themes of social isolation. It examines how men in particular are shut out of their own communities.
Keeley Thomson: Is all about seeing reality without artificial filters. (Which is the problem you were addressing. People with those filters have troubles seeing that they are wearing them. We all do that, by the way. ALL of us.)
Goblin: Addresses bigotry, hatred and self-hatred caused by that same basic bigotry. Also attempting to overcome it.
Iron Edge: Is an examination of insanity.
Troy Ounce: Shows police in a good light, from an inside perspective. The entire series is positive that way, going into the hardships of the job.
Mirror Man: Is about the horrible treatment of the elderly. Again based on real life events. (Old folks left to die as the water rises, because they don't matter...)
Ijeme: Is ALL about anti-bullying. It's literally the point of the book.
Name a book of mine. It has some alternative theme to it. (No one cares, unless it goes against the preconceived ideology of people reading the books.
***Yes. When I hear things like this it does make it harder to motivate myself to keep working. At times you have to wonder what the point is? When attacks come it's easiest to shut down and pull away from them, rather than keep standing there, taking the blows as they come without responding.
Especially frustrating is that so many people miss that I go out of my way to show more than one side of almost every issue. They see their own "soapbox" issue being refuted in a few places, miss where the agreement is and then throw a fit, trying to derail what bit of success I might manage in the world because their feelings aren't being catered to well enough inthe moment.
The truth is that Always a Demon is a good book. It doesn't cause cancer and is well written enough. Is it perfect? Nope. Then, this isn't about my skills at a writer. It's about a few people feeling that their particular way of thinking shouldn't be challenged at all.
I'm not going to be catering to that. Not even if it means being attacked for investigating and exploring uncomfortable ideas.
Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Mon May 21, 2018 1:19 pm
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Then I'll get back to Keeley, and attempt to work at a similar pace, after I finish editing and have the new book out.
Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Wed Mar 14, 2018 4:46 am
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Then I'll get right back to the Keeley trilogy. It's decent, so far.
Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:00 pm
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I don’t miss that kind of snow at all. Did the first year down here in Florida but now, not so much. I’m outside without a coat now.
and I like it!Hummm. Watch some Netflix and relax for a day? Chop some wood?
Statistics: Posted by MarciaA — Tue Feb 27, 2018 8:19 pm
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Second, I'm well and truly snowed in at the moment. With more snow coming. The road in and out is impassable with a vehicle. Snowshoes would work. Cross country skis... Not so much, given the terrain.
Statistics: Posted by PS Power — Tue Feb 27, 2018 12:15 pm
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