KarenJ opened this issue on Mar 21, 2007 · 1211 posts
JOELGLAINE posted Fri, 20 July 2007 at 3:36 AM
I wish I had some nature around me! I live in a urban dystopia slum area. Everything is worn out and patched. The gunfire I heard last night actually was someone being shot to death in my neighborhood. I'd prefer real wolves as compared to human ones. I'm not just refering to the gangs, but to the cops as well.
I got stopped the other day because they wanted to know what I was doing in my neighborhood. Not for breaking laws--just because they had power and wanted to throw it around. I feel less safe with the beat cops than I do around my neighbors. Geez. Living among the poor and destitute in desperate needs is good for my story, at least.
Like they say--write what you know. When I write of poor people in an Urban DYstopia filled with armed gangs and facist police ruling a polluted surface world where the rich live in indolent luxury in flying cites that prey on anyone not as powerful as them--let's just say I've seen both sides and I write raw from the gut and personal experience through a glass darkly.
@Connie--you cannot go wrong with cats, especially with HAMMY cats! LOLOLOLOL :lol: You do good works! I told ya!
I cannot save the world. Only my little piece of it. If we all act
together, we can save the world.--Nelson Mandela
An inconsistent hobgoblin is
the fool of little minds
Taking "Just do it" to a whole new level!