The Other Me
‘Life’s Short Interruption: Part I’ iii. It had always been Stan and me, but we’d always had different groups of friends. When we were younger, it’d been high school friends. Then it was with guys who lived in my street. Next were Roo and his friends. Then it was Tim and Jay, who we knew from high school. The crowd kept changing, although I was never sure why. We were just nomadic. Now, it became a combination of people as Tim and I started an indoor cricket team, a decision made on a whim. Tim and I went to the Indoor Cricket Sports Centre one day, registered a team, and…
The Other Me
‘Life’s Short Interruption: Part I’ ii. Writing remained my life. One day, I’d be successful, self-sufficient, because there was money in writing – not that’s why I was doing it. I wanted to tell stories. But a career in writing was the goal – a career in something I loved doing. How many people could boast that? I finished the latest draft of Book One of the NEXT GREAT FANTASY EPIC, but it sat there. I should’ve prepared it, sent it somewhere, but I didn’t. It wasn’t the fear of failure. It was dealing with people. With professionals. Ringing them. Talking to them. Writing to them. I could imagine it…