However, before I share that, I must reveal a particular confluence of my writing and my gullibility…
Yesterday, I published the Thirty-Seventh Tale on my Friday Feature, “Story Bazaar”.
It was called “Alternative Facts”—that title echoing something that became an “issue” here in the USA (and, I’m sure, a few other countries…—and, in case you missed it, here’sa bit of news coverage…)
Also yesterday, as I often do, I sent my Best Friend, who lives in Australia, a link to a story from one of her newspapers.
It claimed the Mayor of Melbourne was instituting a policy to keep Daylight Saving Time going in the Central Business District to increase financial benefits…
It turned out to be an April Fools’ prank that totally took me in (and, if you’re wondering, it is true that Australia gets to any given day sooner than I do…)
So, when I put those two things I did together, I get this weird formula:
I’ll give you one excerpt to entice you to take the link:
“What does it portend for civil society and humanity when willful ignorance is celebrated above facts?
“As authors and readers, we should care. Books are the best vehicles for deep thinking. We authors have the power – one book at a time – to right this wayward ship. We readers have a responsibility to demand truth telling.”
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Back in May I published a post called Book Banning (Open & Secret) and The Politics of Publishing, which, in honor of Banned Books Week, I now repost…
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This blog’s visitor numbers, by country, show the United States taking an oscillating percentage between 50 and 70%.
I’m happy, living in the U.S., that there are that many folks from other countries visiting and hope their number increases…
Still, many people see the U.S. as leading the way in democratic freedoms.
Sad to say, politics and corporate agendas are swiftly eroding true liberty in the U.S. and it becomes particularly painful when I see its action in the publishing industry.
But, publishing houses are corporations and are, in turn, owned by larger corporations…
And, corporations and politicians are the current “masters” of humanity.
My novel treats of this phenomenon but goes further and has the corporations completely absorbing politics—no more parties or candidates, just The Corporation…
Perhaps my book will be banned one day………
Yet, even though freedom to publish is aided by all the initiatives in self-publishing, the political climate is darkening and the pall of population control is widening.
What of the non-fiction world, where authors attempt to uncover plots against freedom and clear the murk of political obfuscation?
It’s becoming somewhat like the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury…
In case you’re of the mind to ignore the dangers from crushing oppression of humanity’s freedom, I dare you to watch this video:
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I’ve written before about Writing “Advice”—how it can help and how it can block one’s efforts…
Perhaps, How To Write A Story? is good to read because it shows John Steinbeck writing a letter to his former writing instructor; plus, it will lead you to other posts about Writing Advice…
I’ve never read Neil’s work but have watched a couple movies he helped create…
Then, comes the advice of a man who’s just passed from his adventure in a writing life, Ray Bradbury.
I’ve read a number of works by Mr. Bradbury and just downloaded one of his stories, The Playground, to my Kindle.
An excerpt from the introduction to that story gives insight into Ray’s writing life:
“He was unable to sell his early science fiction stories to the leading market of the 1940s, John W. Campbell’s Astounding. Bradbury had to publish his short stories in the second-line magazines like Planet Stories and Thrilling Wonder. After the War, however, Bradbury’s fantastic and surrealistic fiction began to find a steady market in mainstream magazines like Mademoiselle, Collier’s and Harper’s Bazaar and he became the first science fiction writer to place work in Martha Foley’s Best American Short Stories. The novel, Fahrenheit 451, later the basis for a notable film of François Truffaut, secured his reputation. In 2000, Bradbury was awarded a medal for the body of his literary achievement by the National Institute of Arts and Letters.”
Not being accepted in the most respected publication because he was already beyond their “standards”…
Continuing to write because, to him, it was an adventure…
Eleven years before he shufflel’d off this mortall coile, he gave a talk that is warm and cozy—a summation of his journey up to that point—a self-celebration full of writerly wisdom and advice…
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This blog’s visitor numbers, by country, show the United States taking an oscillating percentage between 50 and 70%.
I’m happy, living in the U.S., that there are that many folks from other countries visiting and hope their number increases…
Still, many people see the U.S. as leading the way in democratic freedoms.
Sad to say, politics and corporate agendas are swiftly eroding true liberty in the U.S. and it becomes particularly painful when I see its action in the publishing industry.
But, publishing houses are corporations and are, in turn, owned by larger corporations…
And, corporations and politicians are the current “masters” of humanity.
My novel treats of this phenomenon but goes further and has the corporations completely absorbing politics—no more parties or candidates, just The Corporation…
Perhaps my book will be banned one day………
Yet, even though freedom to publish is aided by all the initiatives in self-publishing, the political climate is darkening and the pall of population control is widening.
What of the non-fiction world, where authors attempt to uncover plots against freedom and clear the murk of political obfuscation?
It’s becoming somewhat like the novel, Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury…
In case you’re of the mind to ignore the dangers from crushing oppression of humanity’s freedom, I dare you to watch this video:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Comment Link Is At The Top of The Post :-) For Private Comments, Email: amzolt {at} gmail {dot} com
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