It is an interesting subject, growing up poor, I fought hard not to have that kind of life. To this day I can’t look at ramen noodles without wincing. It was a driving factor for me for most of my life. I took big risks and lost many times. One time losing everything I had and the. Some after 9/11. Deep in debt, business gone, recession looming, but I pulled myself up out of depression and worked my way out of it and build another company. I sold that in 2019. In Feb 2020 I started writing as my main activity. allowing me the time and resources to write without worrying about making money. That was the agreement I made with myself when I was 19. First we make money, then we write. I think the key is, never forgetting where I come from. And remembering it can all be taken away in an instant so be humble, be kind, be generous and be compassionate.
Congratulations on your new book. Sounds like a bubble breaker. As someone who was born into early poverty and then transitioned into middle class stability with exposure to wealth, I watch with deep concern as the American middle class stretches and thins due to relatively stagnant incomes parallel to exorbitant housing, healthcare, and post-secondary education costs. Attending college was key in my experience, as was having professional employment three months post-graduation with real healthcare insurance (no premiums, no deductibles), and manageable loan debt. I’m not sure I could have attended college in today’s economy, let alone gone onto graduate school. Finally, when I read your red-blue identity reflection—I thought: maybe she’s purple! If I have to be anything it’s that, as I think these delineations are co-opted and manipulated in the political propaganda machines to inflame division in the populace so we don’t unite for meaningful change. #letsbepurple
"The Great Gatsby" was mild in critiquing the rich in comparison to Fitzgerald's short story "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz". You want to talk about fantasies involving the wealthy...
I agree, Michelle. I read a lot of mystery series featuring amateur sleuths. Since sleuthing requires ample time and a flexible schedule, once a book morphs into a series, the sleuth invariably inherits, marries into money, or experiences some other gift from heaven relieving them of the burden of "real work." It gets old.
The Rockford Files starring James Garner as an ex-con living in a beach trailer covers that nicely. It was shown in the 1970s, so it might be time for a redo.
It is an interesting subject, growing up poor, I fought hard not to have that kind of life. To this day I can’t look at ramen noodles without wincing. It was a driving factor for me for most of my life. I took big risks and lost many times. One time losing everything I had and the. Some after 9/11. Deep in debt, business gone, recession looming, but I pulled myself up out of depression and worked my way out of it and build another company. I sold that in 2019. In Feb 2020 I started writing as my main activity. allowing me the time and resources to write without worrying about making money. That was the agreement I made with myself when I was 19. First we make money, then we write. I think the key is, never forgetting where I come from. And remembering it can all be taken away in an instant so be humble, be kind, be generous and be compassionate.
That’s a good way to live.
Congratulations on your new book. Sounds like a bubble breaker. As someone who was born into early poverty and then transitioned into middle class stability with exposure to wealth, I watch with deep concern as the American middle class stretches and thins due to relatively stagnant incomes parallel to exorbitant housing, healthcare, and post-secondary education costs. Attending college was key in my experience, as was having professional employment three months post-graduation with real healthcare insurance (no premiums, no deductibles), and manageable loan debt. I’m not sure I could have attended college in today’s economy, let alone gone onto graduate school. Finally, when I read your red-blue identity reflection—I thought: maybe she’s purple! If I have to be anything it’s that, as I think these delineations are co-opted and manipulated in the political propaganda machines to inflame division in the populace so we don’t unite for meaningful change. #letsbepurple
I think I’m more blue but with a few purple blotches. It’s fair to say the older I get, and the more I read and live life, the more liberal I become.
"The Great Gatsby" was mild in critiquing the rich in comparison to Fitzgerald's short story "The Diamond As Big As The Ritz". You want to talk about fantasies involving the wealthy...
I agree, Michelle. I read a lot of mystery series featuring amateur sleuths. Since sleuthing requires ample time and a flexible schedule, once a book morphs into a series, the sleuth invariably inherits, marries into money, or experiences some other gift from heaven relieving them of the burden of "real work." It gets old.
Someone should write about a poor sleuth living in a trailer, pausing during sleuthing to heat up some leftover beans and rice!
The Rockford Files starring James Garner as an ex-con living in a beach trailer covers that nicely. It was shown in the 1970s, so it might be time for a redo.
I remember the name of the show but not those details.
I watched the show a lot when I was young and I enjoyed it. That he lived in the trailer was one of the show's motifs.
110% I’m also waiting for a disabled sleuth.