The sharp stick has been there for my entire adult life. It’s a particularly direct and acute manifestation of the Void; I am constantly aware, every day of my life, that just as I had a beginning, I will have an end, and that the things which I create are the only things which will reflect who I am as a person in the future.
I’ve been fortunate enough in my life to be surrounded by people who have the same sharp stick, the same compulsion to create. The creative urge is not a comfortable one; a person creates not because he chooses to create, but because he must, or the sharp stick will torture him and eventually destroy him.
Shelly and Kelly and I have begun working on a manifestation of that compulsion to create.
It’s a book on polyamory–a unique book, in my experience. It’s intended as a no-nonsense, practical, hand-on introduction of ethical, loving non-monogamy for a mainstream audience, not an audience that’s already polyamorous. And unlike all the books on the subject I’ve seen so far, it attempts to explain not just the hows of an ethical non-monogamous relationship, but also why someone would want to in the first place.
So far, we’ve got a very detailed chapter outline and about four thousand words of text. Wish us luck!
Much luck! If the rest of it is as good as your website, I’m sure the book will be very good indeed.
Much luck! If the rest of it is as good as your website, I’m sure the book will be very good indeed.
Good luck! 🙂 Having been at the end of my own stick for the better part of a year, I know how it feels.
moonlight
Good luck! 🙂 Having been at the end of my own stick for the better part of a year, I know how it feels.
moonlight
Ooh! Good luck!
Ooh! Good luck!
Which reminds me…
*ouch!*
Good luck *ouch!* with the undertaking! Now, *ouch!*, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go satisfy my own sharp *ayeee!* and most definitely pointy stick.
Which reminds me…
*ouch!*
Good luck *ouch!* with the undertaking! Now, *ouch!*, if you’ll excuse me, I’ll go satisfy my own sharp *ayeee!* and most definitely pointy stick.
Cool! Best of luck.
I look forward to reading your book which I am sure will reflect you as a person. 🙂
-Vijay
Cool! Best of luck.
I look forward to reading your book which I am sure will reflect you as a person. 🙂
-Vijay
Wow, that’s terrific! I wish you the best of luck and look forward to reading the book.
Wow, that’s terrific! I wish you the best of luck and look forward to reading the book.
Oh wow.
Best of luck with it. You are the single best communicator about polyamory I’ve encountered anywhere and the only person who was able to make it make any kind of sense to me.
I’d hope that you might release it under a Creative Commons-type license and allow distribution online, for those of us too poor to order things from abroad!
And on poly itself: I’ve still got VERY mixed feelings about it, but I am experimenting; I kinda sortof have two girlfriends now and it’s going fine. Just thought you might like to know…
Oh wow.
Best of luck with it. You are the single best communicator about polyamory I’ve encountered anywhere and the only person who was able to make it make any kind of sense to me.
I’d hope that you might release it under a Creative Commons-type license and allow distribution online, for those of us too poor to order things from abroad!
And on poly itself: I’ve still got VERY mixed feelings about it, but I am experimenting; I kinda sortof have two girlfriends now and it’s going fine. Just thought you might like to know…
That sounds great! I assume you’ll keep us informed (I’m interested in reading it, for sure)?
That sounds great! I assume you’ll keep us informed (I’m interested in reading it, for sure)?
Good luck! Can’t wait to see it in print. Will there be a book signing at the next Florida Poly Retreat?
Good luck! Can’t wait to see it in print. Will there be a book signing at the next Florida Poly Retreat?
LUMPY!!!!!!
This so very lumpy!!! I can’t wait to say I knew them when….
That assuming you will still talk to the non-literary peons! ; D
hugs!
LUMPY!!!!!!
This so very lumpy!!! I can’t wait to say I knew them when….
That assuming you will still talk to the non-literary peons! ; D
hugs!
Cool!
Let me/us know if you need anecdotes, etc.
Ditto on the Commons License request.
Good luck!
Cool!
Let me/us know if you need anecdotes, etc.
Ditto on the Commons License request.
Good luck!