tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post7628646898294627382..comments2024-01-04T19:29:46.884-06:00Comments on The Not-Writing Spectacle: Fiction and Lying for a LivingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-58072353320232598572017-03-17T21:17:14.997-05:002017-03-17T21:17:14.997-05:00Telling stories is NOT lying. Most people know the...Telling stories is NOT lying. Most people know the difference, even the liars. Deb Salisbury, Magic Seeker and Mantua-Makerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01513482264195697450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6076293789081887442.post-18064836403017099912017-03-17T10:10:51.390-05:002017-03-17T10:10:51.390-05:00There is no journalism today. It's all opinion...There is no journalism today. It's all opinion, straight from the editorial page that has leaked over to the front page. I once considered a career in journalism. I'm embarrassed now that I thought it was an option. I'm with you. I make shit up. I write it down. I tell stories. I don't report on actual incidents. And funny thing, in writing my fiction? I don't lace my stories with my own agenda which I'm seeing more and more. Too much agenda, the book turns into a wall-banger and that author goes on my Do Not Buy list. <i>*shrug*</i><br /><br />And don't even get me started on the judiciary...which WAS my career for a time. Grrrr.Silver Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15606837105470988646noreply@blogger.com