Authorship

LL

Now ...

.... settled in Oz for a few weeks. I was going to say bedded down, but that is probably not the best phrase to use where you're concerned. Beautiful Tuesday morning here, sunny and 30c. One has to follow the sun through the year!

As you will know, and realize, I think a lot. I was thinking about your intellect yesterday. You never fulfilled your real potential did you. I always reckoned you were reasonably intelligent, even if you were more than a little wayward otherwise. With the right education and motivation you could have achieved far more in life than you have. You don't have to be a genius to achieve what I have, but you do have to work hard and make good decisions.

It is on that latter point you have often fallen down. A lot of your thinking and choices are shallow and materialistic. By that I mean you go by what your eyes see, rather than thinking things through. You have proved that to me by what you told me about your past, and what you said after we had parted 'why do I always make the wrong decisions...'. There you have it really - impulsive shallow choices, backed up by poor decision making. That is what has governed your life and delivered you to where you are now, in your seventh decade.

I suppose, equally, I could say the opposite has ensured the life I occupy. I am no fool and I could see where you were back then - not a good place by all accounts. At the time I loved you and wanted you by my side to share life together, and for good. I 'wasn't going anywhere' remember. and I wasn't until....

In one sense, I guess what I have written above is one form of authorship. Let's now turn to the man you once described to me as being a journalist. Something of an insult to journalists, I thought. That brings me to his latest publication, which is not exactly going to sell like hot cakes in Waterstones or Barnes and Noble. I will admit it will probably have appeal among the followers of a certain activity in a limited geographical area, plus a few places beyond.

Perhaps I should comment on the use of language, phrasing, punctuation  and grammar. As luck would have it, a small section of the latest tome has been sent to me.  Great blocks of narrative with poor grammar don't make for easy reading; nor do never ending sentences, punctuated only by commas. Publication, via a small independent publisher, is hardly Harper Collins -  the latter is my league.

You always knew I had literary skills LL. You mentioned them often enough. Well I put them to very good use in writing fifteen novels that have sold and sold. I could live quite easily on the income from that source alone. I doubt, in fact I know, the same can't be said of your 'journalist'.

Choices LL. You make them and have to live by them. You did, and I did. Guess you know who came out of things best.

I have penned this while watching the election...from afar. Tomorrow we are off to Stradbroke Island - should be fun. Enjoy yet another weekend in the cold north...12,000 miles way from here!

Ciao lady.