Earlier this (calendar) year, as the spring semester of what was a relatively down time for myself on my college/university campus wound down, I got this idea in the back of my mind to start on what I've taken to calling "Goodfellas & The Sopranos, together in print", & after seeing a work of political fiction on a different Blogger blog a few days ago, I figured that would be the last bit of inspiration/motivation/etc. (even though I've never been the biggest believer in those concepts) for me to get started on my little "side project" this academic year!
I'll just leave his foreword at that, but I will tell you a few things about my upcoming work:
The blog itself is at the following address:
"FOREWORD:
The following is a work of fiction.
I say that up front because, should anyone actually read it, they are bound to come across something they don't like. The story involves politics, religion, spirituality, and the demons that plague all of mankind. It can come across as judgmental, even preachy, at times, and it will certainly be a valid question whether or not the characters' ends truly justify their means. While I already know my interpretation of the events that will transpire, you can't expect me to say that this will be the only true line of events. It would have to be a pretty far out interpretation of the events for me to tell you, "No, you're wrong." Conservatives and Liberals, the Religious Fundamentalists and the Atheistic alike are welcome to like what they will from it, and hate what they will within it.
I say that up front because, should anyone actually read it, they are bound to come across something they don't like. The story involves politics, religion, spirituality, and the demons that plague all of mankind. It can come across as judgmental, even preachy, at times, and it will certainly be a valid question whether or not the characters' ends truly justify their means. While I already know my interpretation of the events that will transpire, you can't expect me to say that this will be the only true line of events. It would have to be a pretty far out interpretation of the events for me to tell you, "No, you're wrong." Conservatives and Liberals, the Religious Fundamentalists and the Atheistic alike are welcome to like what they will from it, and hate what they will within it.
Also, at some point, it will become necessary for me to make references to actual people. Whilst every character in the story is at least loosely based (and in some cases entirely based) on somebody, all of the main characters will have purely fictional names. The only people who will be referred to by the actual names will be public figures who play brief, fleeting, and completely non-recurring roles in the story and any Heads of State that it stumbles across. If I can avoid using their full names, I will - purely for stylistic reasons - but the story begins on... (well, you can figure out the exact date!) and that is definitely relevant, as this is shaping up to be a most interesting time in history. Anyway, to that end, I want to say up front that while I strongly believe in the policies being championed here, one should not assume that I always personally condone the actions being taken. This is not a manifesto for violent political revolution and/or anarchy, and would be fairly absurd for that purpose were that its intention. I intend no more than to tell an interesting story, that (hopefully) makes you think a little and that you'll (hopefully) enjoy, and one that - I'll say it again - is a work of FICTION.
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Ed.Note: I should also add that this is also meant to be a first draft, and I know it can be a little rough at times. Even having read it all a dozen times myself, I still come across typo's and text errors. But this is why I definitely want to hear from everyone. Tell me what you like, tell me what you don't like. I do still go back and edit old chapters, so any advice will be carefully considered. Also, if you don't want to leave your comment here, you can email me at: *@.com
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Ed.Note: I should also add that this is also meant to be a first draft, and I know it can be a little rough at times. Even having read it all a dozen times myself, I still come across typo's and text errors. But this is why I definitely want to hear from everyone. Tell me what you like, tell me what you don't like. I do still go back and edit old chapters, so any advice will be carefully considered. Also, if you don't want to leave your comment here, you can email me at: *@.com
Thanks!
- seeing as I (finally!) visited Japan earlier this year, some of the action will take place over there... yes, people, I'm planning on bringing the mafia & yakuza together to commit (mostly financial) crimes of all orders of magnitude, from the almost unnoticeable to the most massive of crimes!
- naturally, Montréal will also get some exposure here, but to a lesser extent than the various Japanese cities I'll be keeping the yakuza confined to (since how often do you hear of international yakuza members committing crimes?)...
- owing to the continued chaos "south of the border", the most notorious Mexican drug cartels will also get in on the action, but don't expect any spectacular cross-border drug trafficking here - this ain't the mid-1980s anymore...
- as for this country, well, you can expect practically all of the "major" cities in this country to at least be referenced - think N.Y.C., Boston, L.A., Miami, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, Denver, & Seattle, above all others!
- considering my own roots here in Jersey, yes, you can expect the top guy to be named "Tony", as an homage to, well, you know, but if you don't, then you might as well "fuhgeddaboutit"!:
As relevant as that series (The Sopranos) is once again right now, until I officially start on this sometime later this fall, I'll just leave this here, also:
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