{"id":200,"date":"2015-03-12T08:53:50","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T13:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevebriscoe.wordpress.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2026-10-31T22:11:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:11:33","slug":"to-be-or-not-to-be-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justal.net\/loqui\/to-be-or-not-to-be-what\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be Or Not To Be… …what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you have been reading my blog you probably know I wrote a book. \u201cSolitary \u2013 Without the Confinement.\u201d The book went public on the 30th<\/sup> of January. According to the publisher (one I am quickly losing faith in\u2014but that\u2019s another story) the book will eventually find its way to the shelf\u2019s of major book outlet stores like Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million\u2014as well as others. When I first approached the publisher about my book one of their questions was, \u201cWhat type of book is it?\u201d Meaning is it a documentary, adventure, fiction\u2026 I could not really answer their question.<\/p>\n

They told me they would assign a \u201cgenre\u201d when it got close to the publication date. Imagine my surprise when they categorized it as a \u201cphilosophy\u201d book. If you know me personally then I am sure that makes you laugh as you know I am no philosopher. In fact I needed to let spell-check provide the correct spelling of philosopher.<\/p>\n

\"ancient-philosopher\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I rolled with it in the beginning as I really didn\u2019t think it mattered all that much, but now I think it may be a problem when it comes to book sales. I mainly wrote the book for the hard-core rider as I think only the hard-core rider will fully understand the premise of the intent. Therein lies my dilemma. First, no hard-core rider is going to go to the philosophy section of a book store to look for a book. That is not to say a rider lacks the ability to understand philosophy\u2014I think a rider may understand it more than most. The difference is a rider (especially a hard-core rider) does not learn philosophy from a book\u2014they learn it through life events while traveling the road less travelled. A true philosopher (by that I mean a book taught self-proclaimed philosophy guru) will buy a book and learn from reading; or rather think they learn from reading. A self-proclaimed philosopher cannot conceive of building a philosophical base from the saddle of an iron horse.<\/p>\n

I submit building a philosophical base from the saddle of an iron horse is one of the best way to learn life’s lessons.<\/p>\n

\"philosopher<\/a><\/p>\n

So, what does all that mean?\u00a0\u00a0 I have no idea because I am not a philosopher. In fact, I\u2019m not really sure what a philosopher is. What do they do? Is it a full time job, do they get a paycheck for their efforts?<\/p>\n

Some will buy the book and enjoy what is between the first and last page and others will not understand. I think, I don\u2019t know for sure, but I think if you read it and do not understand at least a little then maybe there is something missing\u2014something you need to try and find. Of course there is the opinion that I\u2019m a lousy writer and the thing missing is writing skill.<\/p>\n

Not sure why I wrote this blog. It really has no point to it. If I were a philosopher I could write pages and pages on the purpose of a point and the lack thereof. But I\u2019m not, so I won\u2019t. When a philosopher speaks all stop to listen. When I speak people look at me funny and start to giggle. It\u2019s true I can speak to a bunch of dogs and get their undivided attention\u2026 but that might have something to do with the bacon I carry around in my pocket.<\/p>\n

I was going to add some quotes from famous philosophers but had no idea what they were talking about. I was afraid someone might ask me what their quotes meant which, if I tried to explain, would result in the suspicion of my lack of intelligence being removed and replaced with an assurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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