Yup! My eating habits could be called unconventional. I rather like to think of them as adventurous. After all, I almost tried a roasted grasshopper... once...
Today, I fancied a peanut-buttery treat... or two. But I had run out of bread, felt too lazy to go to the shop, and didn't want to eat it straight out of the jar. (I confess - I occasionally do that...)
I sensed a perfect storm starting to brew in the not-available food department.
And then - Saviour! - I spotted a pack of chocolate digestives tantalisingly winking at me from the far side of the kitchen.
Today, I fancied a peanut-buttery treat... or two. But I had run out of bread, felt too lazy to go to the shop, and didn't want to eat it straight out of the jar. (I confess - I occasionally do that...)
I sensed a perfect storm starting to brew in the not-available food department.
And then - Saviour! - I spotted a pack of chocolate digestives tantalisingly winking at me from the far side of the kitchen.
My peanut butter-focussed mind (aka the uncontrollable parts of my brain) fired up all its unoccupied synapses and made the connection instantaneously! Yep - I can work pretty fast where edibles are involved. No dithering!
It was a delightful feast: peanut-buttered dark chocolate digestives. Heaven! Bliss!
Change of scenery...
As I happily munched away at my peanut butter-delights, staring at my computer screen and willing at least one of my characters to give me a clue of where they were heading to, the realisation struck me:
My writing habits are as mix-and-match as my eating habits!
Personal trait? Guess so. I never fancied being boxed up, labelled, and stuck on a shelf. I like to reinvent myself, do new things, try things I never tried before... and then I stick with what works for me.
It was a delightful feast: peanut-buttered dark chocolate digestives. Heaven! Bliss!
Change of scenery...
As I happily munched away at my peanut butter-delights, staring at my computer screen and willing at least one of my characters to give me a clue of where they were heading to, the realisation struck me:
My writing habits are as mix-and-match as my eating habits!
Personal trait? Guess so. I never fancied being boxed up, labelled, and stuck on a shelf. I like to reinvent myself, do new things, try things I never tried before... and then I stick with what works for me.
And that's why I write what I like to read, and I eat what I love the taste of.
Genres? I elaborated on that one a little bit previously.
People? What do people do? What do aliens do? Where do they come from? When it boils down to it, they are all living, feeling beings.
I don't buy into the concept of the ultimate Good or Evil. I work in the Inbetween - where beings are multi-faceted: predominantly good, but circumstances may push them to show their less favourable personality traits.
At the end of the day a good read is not about its genre (aka the label we put onto it) but about the journey; the way the protagonists deal with situations; their determination to survive and succeed. The sheer will of a being pressed to breaking-point. Their endurance, their spirit, their hopes and dreams. It is about the life of the characters - no matter the genre!
Well - I'd never have encountered the delight of a peanut butter digestive if I'd had bread on the shelf!
People? What do people do? What do aliens do? Where do they come from? When it boils down to it, they are all living, feeling beings.
I don't buy into the concept of the ultimate Good or Evil. I work in the Inbetween - where beings are multi-faceted: predominantly good, but circumstances may push them to show their less favourable personality traits.
At the end of the day a good read is not about its genre (aka the label we put onto it) but about the journey; the way the protagonists deal with situations; their determination to survive and succeed. The sheer will of a being pressed to breaking-point. Their endurance, their spirit, their hopes and dreams. It is about the life of the characters - no matter the genre!
Well - I'd never have encountered the delight of a peanut butter digestive if I'd had bread on the shelf!
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