Welcome to my humble megalomania. Over the coming years I will say here the things I want to say about life and you are invited to respond. You haven’t heard of me before because…
I am 60 years old, this moment, now. As a youth I became the first person on earth to a make it through a combination of two especially insidious cancers and the massive doses of radiation used in treatment.
This has overshadowed my entire life and I have been slow to mature. Afterwards, I soon discovered that I could not “recover” my innocence: I was blocked from getting a job, buying a house, fathering children, all hope of a decent life and any chance that a woman would come along who was brave enough to commit her future to me… Ah yes, and I was mad with grief, like a wild animal, for many years to come…
So, despite having a voice I have given my life to getting myself straight again rather than generating written products. Sure, I’ve had two novels published, but they were rubbish. And I’ve run a business based on words for years. I’ve been a freelance journalist and I’ve penned the text for advertising campaigns and websites.
Basically, I don’t want to die leaving nothing behind. I’m writing a book which I hope may work and I’ll talk in depth about our universal problems of self-expression, somewhere along the line… along with many other things.
Ultimately I am the kind of guy people call when there’s no one else left to turn to. I haven’t travelled that much but I’ve seen a lot of life and I don’t back down or run away from the truth. If you don’t like what I have to say then please just go away, because I will only collaborate with others in this place, not argue with them. All commercial invasions will be mercilessly deleted; all heartfelt additions in the discussion sections will be gratefully accepted.
Steven Holmes
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