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mopinko

(69,806 posts)
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 11:33 AM Dec 2019

good morning. i have decided it's time to write that book.

so, i am the sort of person who has reinvented themselves many times. i just turned 65, and think i might be on my last reinvention.
i have a definition of a life well lived, for me.
raise one child, build one building and write one book.

i think everyone should write their own story. i am blessed w a genetic heritage of words. i sing my people's song. irish, irish, irish, irish. my dad was a great story teller, all us kids got high test scores in language, all my kids are great readers and writers. so i feel my tools are sharp enough.
as it happens, in my trials of mmj, i find that the best strains poke me in my language centers. not just word choices, but spelling and typing w more ease and speed. so, yeah, carpe this diem.

my first decision is which life to write about. like i said, i have had many, and many contain good stories w/in them.
i thought you might get a chuckle out of my first day's work product as i sort through this dilemma.

to my mother’s everlasting regret, my father infected me at a very early age w the ability to believe in dreams.

book 1- i sing my people’s song. an irish, irish, irish girl gets her irish up.

book 2- moah’s ark. another chapter in the book of crones.

book 3- punky the monster puppy, an illustrated childrens book.

book 4-i have fallen for a data point in the demise of civiilzation.

book 5- once there was a noodle man

book 6- the quirky sculpture and heroic paintings of artist mo cahill

book 7- a series- a sweet old lady commits crimes of righteous indignation, but is never caught.

book 8- a series- an old lady gets a chance to redeem her goodie 2shoes youth. books include- mind blowing sex after 60, mico and aunt maureen, at the old hippies home.



that first sentence is something i wrote in my head many years ago, and filed away to be the first sentence of this book.
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good morning. i have decided it's time to write that book. (Original Post) mopinko Dec 2019 OP
I LOVE that first sentence! Ohiogal Dec 2019 #1
i love frank mccourt. mopinko Dec 2019 #2
i usually type the way you do with no caps. 5X Dec 2019 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author mopinko Dec 2019 #6
i wasn't or didn't mean to be shitty, i was trying to sympathize. 5X Dec 2019 #7
thank you. mopinko Dec 2019 #8
You are getting an early start. Diana Athill won the prestigious Costa award at age 91. emmaverybo Dec 2019 #4
#8 is def the movie. mopinko Dec 2019 #5
Go with Book 2 first-- you've already had some publicity on that Gidney N Cloyd Dec 2019 #9
it's def the low hanging fruit mopinko Dec 2019 #10
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Ohiogal

(31,660 posts)
1. I LOVE that first sentence!
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 11:37 AM
Dec 2019

Reminds me a bit of Frank McCourt.

Good luck with your writing, and I hope you let us all know when you get published! I for one would love to read your work!

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
2. i love frank mccourt.
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 11:40 AM
Dec 2019

love love love.
reading his books really put me in the mind of looking at my roots. w pride.
i am a nerd. i love genetics, and human behavior, and the intersection of same.
and at my age, i am assessing myself through the lens of, who were my people way back, who were my immediate people, and who are my kids.
i can claim anything common to all that w pride, and zero bragging.
the gifts of age.

5X

(3,971 posts)
3. i usually type the way you do with no caps.
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 11:48 AM
Dec 2019

here's to hoping you find a kind editor that will just fix it for you.

Response to 5X (Reply #3)

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,781 posts)
9. Go with Book 2 first-- you've already had some publicity on that
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 01:58 PM
Dec 2019

and you've shared some choice anecdotes about it here over the years.

Whatever you choose, good luck and I'll be there at your book signing.

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
10. it's def the low hanging fruit
Tue Dec 3, 2019, 04:06 PM
Dec 2019

i could have a collection of essays from my fb page together in pretty short order. good to know what it takes to get you to come out!

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