F. Scott Fitzgerald said: 

“YOU DON’T WRITE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, YOU WRITE BECAUSE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.”

Above everything else, I am a mother to three teenagers.  My frame of reference with my writing is told from a place of duality amidst internal disharmony.  Oftentimes finding myself torn between the  experiences of my children in a present-day society that has been built on technology and superficiality versus my own personal experiences growing up in the 70’s and 80’s when times were simpler, authentic, and inherently moved at a much slower-pace. 

While I write every day, I don’t make a habit of posting stories or essays with a high-level of frequency.  This is, for the most part, purposeful because joining the fray and chaos simply does not interest me; coupled with the undeniable fact that people can be unnecessarily mean when someone has the audacity to offer a differing opinion than theirs.  As a society we have normalized uncontrolled, flagrant hawking; oxygenating an uncomfortable amount of information that is too often long on opinions and speculation and short on truth, provable facts, and wisdom.  Unfortunately, I have learned the hard way that my past efforts have, by and large, been in vain,  because the truth is people believe what they want to believe and have no interest in what they adamantly conclude to be an attempt to change their minds.  Therefore, the best that I can do is try to make every effort to practice the art of speaking, through my writing or otherwise, only when I have something to say, have done a fair amount of research, or I believe the subject to be of a more urgent nature.  In other words, I am very careful about when and how I add my voice to those conversations.  More often than not, I choose to keep my opinions and thoughts to myself.  When I do decide to add my voice, I spend an inordinate amount of time diligently and cautiously walking the very thin line of being politically correct yet painstakingly truthful while taking care to not offend anyone.

Essays surrounding current topics and events can be found in the ‘Writer’s Nook,’ and the story of a girl called, Jenny, can be found in ‘Twisted Roots.’ Fact vs. fiction?  Maybe.  Although, as we see on a daily basis and in all walks of life, facts are usually at war with fiction while varying degrees of the truth, or none at all,  lie somewhere in between.

I love a good quote, and I love history.  I find myself in awe of how some quotes, and the infamous people who first spoke them,  have the ability to transcend time evidencing that while society evolves and changes, generally speaking, people don’t. 

Finally, to quote the prolific Charles Bukowski:

“IN MY WORK, AS A WRITER, I ONLY PHOTOGRAPH, IN WORDS, WHAT I SEE.”

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Happy reading-

-RM