I admit that I haven't been sleeping that well lately - I've been waking up in the small hours and struggling to get back to sleep. However, it has been productive time in terms of ideas - and, as a result, I've completed my first fiction story for my 'Another World' collection - the one that connects with the track 'Cyborg'.
It's actually the idea of 'Cyborg' meeting an Edgar Allen Poe short story - to find out which one, you'll have to get hold of the E-book once it comes out! If you've read the title of this blog post, you should be able to work it out, though.
It's very different from Brian's original idea behind the song, in which the narrator is a broken-up robot, apparently (according to an article I found online from 'Total Guitar', Dec 1998). But I do have a Cyborg who's full of self-doubt about the soundness of his judgement. I guess I'm showing that you can be physically enhanced and it can really sharpen at least one of your senses, but you're still never quite sure that you've read things right.
The 'Total Guitar' article features a page about the track, mentioning the tapping technique that's used. This technique also featured on the 'News of the World' track, 'It's Late', which I mention in the 'Queen and Adam Lambert' section of my autobiographical book, 'Bohemia Place' (already published).
I know things won't fall into place immediately for a fledgling writer. I mentioned in my last blog that recognition is something that I've rarely received in the past - but I still hope for it in the future, of course. I think the best thing I can do is to carry on writing. This will definitely support 'Bohemia Place'.
Another thing that I've done in this 'Cyborg' short story is incorporate a mention of the Instagram 'Bri artists', many of whom will feature in the forthcoming 'Another World' artwork book. Up to now, I've felt that I've been working on a different plane from the artists - they have their community, of which I can never be a part, of course. But couldn't my writing complement their work? I hope so - it's certainly something that I explore in this 'Cyborg' story.
I'm really pleased with my progress with the 'Another World' stories, and I feel I've unlocked an area of writing that mightn't otherwise have been touched, although I've always intended to write in the fiction genre. The 'Another World' compilation, though, will be a mixture of non-fiction and fiction.
In the meantime, I have over a couple of hundred followers on IG, for which I''m grateful. Others have thousands, but I guess it's down to the flawed nature of the platform - like Facebook, where I've never had an account. Quantities aren't a big deal at my age anyway. The important thing is that I continue to tell my truth.
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