The artwork is just sooooooo captivating IMO.Thanks, this looks really cool.
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When I saw your first post about it, I almost said that it looked like Belgian manga. But I wasn’t sure, now looking at the drawings, it is imho.
Very beautifully done!! Must be great to read. Thanks!
Well, ...
May need to start writing what I want to read. Something has clicked inside. I see what can be. I see what needs to be. I can do that, might face battling procrastination but I can. Also will need an editor but reckon one of those will come along. Know my punctuation, some grammar is totally f**ked, but hey I paint, sculpt in words ... let someone else clean up my workshop. There's people who love cleaning up. Why deprive them?
Need to settle mind back into the early 1920's to late 1930's era. From there I might find a way a story can function and be feasible. Why then? Well because, ... Ah, no. I won't bleed it to death here. Suffice it to say I get pissed (angry for all you U.K types and not drunk) reading forbidden love type plots which always face "tragic" endings. My thinking says, "why could this not be an uplifting and positive ending?" I keep running into the brick wall of "because this is what the 'industry wants'" and that genuinely irks as it is all anyone sees.
How can you know to want different if all you see is the same?
May need to start writing what I want to read. Something has clicked inside. I see what can be. I see what needs to be. I can do that, might face battling procrastination but I can. Also will need an editor but reckon one of those will come along. Know my punctuation, some grammar is totally f**ked, but hey I paint, sculpt in words ... let someone else clean up my workshop. There's people who love cleaning up. Why deprive them?
Need to settle mind back into the early 1920's to late 1930's era. From there I might find a way a story can function and be feasible. Why then? Well because, ... Ah, no. I won't bleed it to death here. Suffice it to say I get pissed (angry for all you U.K types and not drunk) reading forbidden love type plots which always face "tragic" endings. My thinking says, "why could this not be an uplifting and positive ending?" I keep running into the brick wall of "because this is what the 'industry wants'" and that genuinely irks as it is all anyone sees.
How can you know to want different if all you see is the same?
The roaring twenties? Yea... that sounds like it could be it.Well, ...
May need to start writing what I want to read. Something has clicked inside. I see what can be. I see what needs to be. I can do that, might face battling procrastination but I can. Also will need an editor but reckon one of those will come along. Know my punctuation, some grammar is totally f**ked, but hey I paint, sculpt in words ... let someone else clean up my workshop. There's people who love cleaning up. Why deprive them?
Need to settle mind back into the early 1920's to late 1930's era. From there I might find a way a story can function and be feasible. Why then? Well because, ... Ah, no. I won't bleed it to death here. Suffice it to say I get pissed (angry for all you U.K types and not drunk) reading forbidden love type plots which always face "tragic" endings. My thinking says, "why could this not be an uplifting and positive ending?" I keep running into the brick wall of "because this is what the 'industry wants'" and that genuinely irks as it is all anyone sees.
How can you know to want different if all you see is the same?
The roaring twenties? Yea... that sounds like it could be it.
Well, it was an odd time. People were not quite aware of some ways of living. At the same time people didn't have issues with how other people lived much. There was an odd balance of not caring yet caring all the same, at least here in America.
Growing up I recall two fellows who would visit a "retreat" home in VA. Everyone showed up to visit there with them during the Summers. No one cared they were a homosexual couple, quite obviously, no one ever said they were aloud. It was rather understood these two men loved each other. They hosted bashes when they came to visit.
No one ever got too far "out of line". No one ever gave them trouble, if they did they were politely escorted off the property and law contacted if need arose.They both grew up in that era themselves. They both found it rough in the Bible belt of America. They kept their safe distance outside society but still in it.
Yes, there's likely bound to be some humor found.
My concern though isn't a vaudevillian burlesque novel. Might have a bit more sustenance than a fluffy tale. Know for sure I'm intending to go against a grain, but for a valid purpose. Fuck all this damn negativity.
I watched Babylon Berlin (German TV series) during the lockdown. I know it's not a book, but the story was the best I've ever come across for that era... it's not a bad TV series.Well, it was an odd time. People were not quite aware of some ways of living. At the same time people didn't have issues with how other people lived much. There was an odd balance of not caring yet caring all the same, at least here in America.
Growing up I recall two fellows who would visit a "retreat" home in VA. Everyone showed up to visit there with them during the Summers. No one cared they were a homosexual couple, quite obviously, no one ever said they were aloud. It was rather understood these two men loved each other. They hosted bashes when they came to visit.
No one ever got too far "out of line". No one ever gave them trouble, if they did they were politely escorted off the property and law contacted if need arose.They both grew up in that era themselves. They both found it rough in the Bible belt of America. They kept their safe distance outside society but still in it.
Yes, there's likely bound to be some humor found.
Thanks, I haven’t read Rand in ages. I’m glad you reminded me.
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13 reasons why. My younger sister read this book (sister has 16 years). She doesn't like read very much, but she liked this very much (sometimes she didn't even have breakfast or dinner). So I also decided to read and see why she liked it so much. Now I understand why (I also can't break away from reading)
Thanks for the ideas. Now I'm reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. It is an incredible book. I wanted to read it some years ago but I knew that it will change my life.
Thanks for reminding me of this book. I’ve never read it.
13 reasons why. My younger sister read this book (sister has 16 years). She doesn't like read very much, but she liked this very much (sometimes she didn't even have breakfast or dinner). So I also decided to read and see why she liked it so much. Now I understand why (I also can't break away from reading)
Thanks for mentioning this. I have this on my watch list at Netflix, but I’m sure the book is better.
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