Last night I wrote a short bit for this blog and was going to post it but lost connectivity at the house.\u00a0 Sadly that happens all too often as I live in the quiet solitude of the country and connectivity comes from a satellite dish.<\/p>\n
I think I am glad I did not post it because it gave me time to realize that, in reality,\u00a0parts of the edition were bogus. Here is a portion of what I wrote:<\/p>\n
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\u2026but for the most part, I do not write for others.\u00a0 I write for myself.\u00a0 Call it therapy or call it self-indulgence… Call it what you will and I will take no offense.\u00a0 I have very thick skin; so much so that I have to remove a layer or two to figure out people are making fun of me.<\/p>\n
I have written a few short fictional stories and couple of short articles based on what I have seen or how I perceive things.\u00a0 It is really not my intent to be published\u2026<\/p>\n
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Now, here\u2019s the bogus part.\u00a0 To say I do not write for others and do so with little care of whether someone likes it or not, or that I care not if I am published,\u00a0is really a bit of a lie.\u00a0 Nobody wants to expend energy writing articles that are never read;\u00a0total\u00a0waste of time.\u00a0 In truth I would enjoy the knowledge that people appreciate what I write and take it to heart because it is (usually) the heart from whence it comes.\u00a0 How many of us make a comment on Facebook and go back 5 minutes later to see who commented and what they said?\u00a0 We, although we may not admit it, are hurt if nobody replies.\u00a0 We want to be noticed, we want to be appreciated and we want to be people of worth.<\/p>\n
If my book, \u201cSolitary \u2013 Without The Confinement\u201d sells only a few copies I am sure I will be hurt as I have wasted all that time writing, editing, re-writing and we won\u2019t even mention the amount of money spent getting it published.\u00a0 I did not have enough faith in my efforts to have my book picked up by a publisher so I opted to go with the self-publish approach; which is not cheap.\u00a0 I know my book will sell at least 100 copies because that is the amount of books I plan to buy once it hits the streets.\u00a0 But purchasing my own book will not pay on my investment.<\/p>\n
Bottom line\u2026 I want my book to sell because I believe it has something to say.\u00a0 I believe it has a message for those who may be wandering.\u00a0 I truly hope you buy a copy for two reasons.\u00a0 One, I think you will enjoy reading it.\u00a0 Two, I think it may help some find a path that may have eluded them\u2026 plus, I want my money back\u2026 OK, that was three.\u00a0 Hey, it\u2019s my BLOG I can say what I want.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Last night I wrote a short bit for this blog and was going to post it but lost connectivity at the house.\u00a0 Sadly that happens all too often as I live in the quiet solitude of the country and connectivity comes from a satellite dish. I think I am glad I did not post it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t