Well, the die is cast, the contract signed. The Children of Mother Glory is due out in late 2009. Details to come. As well as a new and improved Web site with flash elements and various hullabaloo.
Yesterday my 4-year-old daughter asked me who made the dinosaurs? And when I tried to simplify the concept of evolution, I was interrupted by my son with the question of who made the earth. Fortunately I have a rudimentary understanding of the solar system, galaxies, the universe.
But this only brings us to how the big bang occurred. And they want a “who” attached to it. In the end, I had to tell them that there are some things we just don’t know. But that we are searching for answers and there are certain professions that allow us to ask those questions. And that we’re always learning.
I’m sure this goes on in every family. But this inquiry was from children who have yet to be introduced to any sort of religion. So it’s not like they already thought they knew the answer. Or did they? At the very least, it proved to me that we long for a creator from a very early age. We are hard-wired for it. But why? I’m certainly not ready to introduce them to Nietzsche!
When they are ready, I do want to introduce them to all the possibilities. And I want them to find their own way. Still, I can already see that what I want matters very little.
Just when you think there’s nothing left to write about because the world is filled with peace and love, someone in a place of power calls for a “Great Awakening” from the gay agenda.
Whenever I read a queer novel and some ogre preacher or socially conservative politician is spouting off, I always think it comes off histrionic and gay serving. I just can’t believe people still think that way.
I stand corrected.
Camille Paglia is up to her old tricks again, p!ssing off liberals and handing conservatives more talking points. She’s a little past-it when it comes to pop-culture but her writing is always entertaining, if maddening. Unlike many feminists, I consider her some sort of crazy genius. She always makes me question the liberal dogma I so easily depend on and wakes up the conservative ghosts of my past. I think that’s why she’s considered so dangerous. But ‘Doubt’ belongs on the far left as well.
Filled with a good deal of B.S. and a few gems, check out her recent rantings at Salon.
Her magnum opus: Sexual Personae has informed much of my writing.
In the midst of trying to sell my first two novels, place several short stories, continue my graphic design job, mother the twins and entertain my friends on Facebook, I am also hard at work on my third novel, titled Sojourn. Despite the heavy-sounding name, it’s a contemporary satire about ex-gays, bloggers, conservative senators and marriage—all very laughable subjects.
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