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"IT'S A LUXURY BEING A WRITER,
​ BECAUSE ALL YOU EVER THINK ABOUT IS LIFE."

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I'M NOT POLITICAL, BUT I HAD TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

7/3/2016
​I never intended to write anything that would seem political, because this blog was about writing a novel. However, sometimes we cannot help ourselves, and this happens to be one of those times.

The past weekend, another horrific and tragic shooting, at a nightclub, happened in Florida.  Immediately, we have a government who is too busy playing politics and pandering to private interest groups, rather than working together in an attempt to solving a problem. They will continue to scream and yell, until sadly, some other tragic event will replace this one, and soon it will all be forgotten, but not by the families of the victims. They will never forget, nor should they.

However, in my opinion, with all of that being said, unless a solution is being worked out as I write this, then all of the rhetoric above pales in comparison to what I found on line. I saw this photograph of a coffee mug that is being sold through Walmart.

Look at it briefly, what logo do you think you see, then look at it more closely. Was it sanctioned, is it copyright infringement, are both companies this insensitive? What do you think, tasteless, no big deal, or what?
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If for some reason you are unable to see it the logo is not from a famous coffee company, it says "I 'heart' guns" At the bottom is says coffee. In the middle it has a woman holding two guns, one in each hand.
Does Walmart care, does the coffee company? Should they not have a social conscience? It just feels as though the world is going insane!
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    Robert Stephen.
    What makes a writer? What do you envision when you think about that question?

    Someone sitting by an open window looking out over the ocean, desert, mountains? Rainy day, foggy, sunny? 

    My definition of a writer of fiction. A person who drives himself or herself to the edge of insanity when writing a story to the best of their ability that you the reader find entertaining.

    I can honestly say my life has been interesting, far from boring.  Land baron, restaurateur, photographer, artisan, author. A life full of ups and downs. A life full of stories.

    Along the way I've met hundreds of people, some interesting, some not. Some dangerous, some beautiful, some kind, and some cruel. During my lifetime I've even had my heart run over a couple of times, but when all of it is said and done I wouldn't trade it in. 


    Writing has always been inside of me, but the siren never called to me. I wasn't ready until one day in October of 2015 when life said, "Start writing."

    Writing is a long journey, full of many perils, but don't be afraid it is an exciting adventure! 

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