Not My Biggest Fan

So, I have been waiting on those two gals to jump in but seeing as how I’m still waiting while I write this one, I will continue with my ranting.

Separating from my prescriptions (idea prompts from Haley), I spent the evening talking with my real inspiration, Jackie. She’s my wife of four years and not my number one fan. I need to earn that title from her. 🙂 If you have ever met my wife, she is a tough sell on just about everything. She makes me write, tells me to get off of Destiny and put time into something that matters. Jackie is the queen, to be sure. But I am eternally distracted talking about my wonderful wife.

We talked about my type of genre. We had a good conversation about what I want to see from myself. It got me thinking about what I like about writers who held true to their dream, despite their classifications. Humans do have this need to sort everything, hence the countless mythologies I draw inspirations from. I will always remember my prized fighter of a hero, one of my, if not the most, favorite author: Ray Bradbury.

This year, I was reading some essays by him and he talked about how he was being forced into the Fantasy genre because of The Martian Chronicles. In his AMAZING collection, Mars has atmosphere, culture, and tragedy unique to its own inhabitants. So, because Mars had an atmosphere, Bradbury was classified as a Fantasy author for a moment, and he was irritated, to say the least.

Anyone who has read his work knows he is a unique Science Fiction writer. Again, because I quote one of my history professors as I say this again, many countless times, he was a breathtaking writer, who chose that genre as his medium. Ray Bradbury writes about the human condition and our shortcomings, our needs, our relationships and our ability. He just happened, purposefully, to use the emerging genre as his transportation.

That is how I want my writing to be.

I want my fiction to be about the need we have for each other, the reality of our actions, and the outcomes emerging from our choices. Good and bad. I want everyone who pays me the honor of reading my work to experience the same emotions of my characters.

I just chose to use the Post-Apocalyptic-Fantasy Sub-Genre as my vehicle.

I have, and will always continue, to wish more for my characters, and mostly, my readers.

And maybe, just maybe, Tiarra and Haley will grace us with their presence.