I AM... a character / Colando, PJ
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I call my short story fiction genre “loose with the truth” because there is always, always, always a kernel of truth in the fiction I flash. Some members of my writers’ groups have become confused after they read one of my short stories, certain it was a personal essay despite my disclaimer.
Some have begun to weep because of strong emotion evoked by a tale of visiting a doctor. No one believes that a single picture can sprout a short story with a powerful dynamic. My fiction is often more believable than the non-fiction within my tale. As the famed author, Robert Crais, says, “I’m just making sh** up”— and, to some people, it resounds.
I guess that makes me a story-teller, a talent that has evolved. I never fibbed when I was a kid. Did you?
Some stories are powered by a rant or a personal pet peeve or an encounter that perplexed me. One of these grew into a book, compelled by a need to tell more, to show more, and to create. My opinions have long been submerged due to polite rules of culture, especially when raised in the ’50s in the Midwest. Every Boomer-aged woman I know can recite, in the same sing-song tone: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
I relaxed into this mantle of overt story-telling when I heard Fannie Flagg mention the same manner of upbringing in the South. She confessed to maintaining a rich inner dialogue—studded with sarcasm and sass-back—through life when hemmed in by polite politics of discourse. And, she mined this terrain to produce stories, her vision, her point of view, often hilarious, always cohesive, always whip-cracking smart with insights. And, a catalog of best-selling books. She is my icon for “slice of life” tales.
I’ve exorcized demons, retorted in print to people who’ve been unkind, and changed my point of view with writing as an algorithm for life. I’ve gained empathy, deepened my resistance, and resolved problems that will never resolve in real life.
I write to learn what I’m thinking rather than remain locked in my feelings. Sometimes I even write to process feelings. I write to feel less insecure.
I can’t, couldn’t, won’t imagine life without the ability to write. I think I’d go crazy . . . or else suffer emotional death. A kibosh of monumental proportion on my spunky spirit.
As it is, I no longer “brain-bitch”, a euphemism gleaned from one of my favorite Hoosiers . . . I write.
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Some have begun to weep because of strong emotion evoked by a tale of visiting a doctor. No one believes that a single picture can sprout a short story with a powerful dynamic. My fiction is often more believable than the non-fiction within my tale. As the famed author, Robert Crais, says, “I’m just making sh** up”— and, to some people, it resounds.
I guess that makes me a story-teller, a talent that has evolved. I never fibbed when I was a kid. Did you?
Some stories are powered by a rant or a personal pet peeve or an encounter that perplexed me. One of these grew into a book, compelled by a need to tell more, to show more, and to create. My opinions have long been submerged due to polite rules of culture, especially when raised in the ’50s in the Midwest. Every Boomer-aged woman I know can recite, in the same sing-song tone: “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.”
I relaxed into this mantle of overt story-telling when I heard Fannie Flagg mention the same manner of upbringing in the South. She confessed to maintaining a rich inner dialogue—studded with sarcasm and sass-back—through life when hemmed in by polite politics of discourse. And, she mined this terrain to produce stories, her vision, her point of view, often hilarious, always cohesive, always whip-cracking smart with insights. And, a catalog of best-selling books. She is my icon for “slice of life” tales.
I’ve exorcized demons, retorted in print to people who’ve been unkind, and changed my point of view with writing as an algorithm for life. I’ve gained empathy, deepened my resistance, and resolved problems that will never resolve in real life.
I write to learn what I’m thinking rather than remain locked in my feelings. Sometimes I even write to process feelings. I write to feel less insecure.
I can’t, couldn’t, won’t imagine life without the ability to write. I think I’d go crazy . . . or else suffer emotional death. A kibosh of monumental proportion on my spunky spirit.
As it is, I no longer “brain-bitch”, a euphemism gleaned from one of my favorite Hoosiers . . . I write.
Now you can buy Books online in USA,UK, India and more than 100 countries.
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Disclaimer: All product data on this page belongs to
.No guarantees are made as to accuracy of prices and information.
