never<\/em> write about sex, but when I write about bisexuality or polyamory, it’s much more likely to be in a social, political or emotional context than a sexual one. And a sexual ambience isn’t really what I’m aiming for here, or what I imagine most of my readers would be looking for.)<\/p>\nI plan to do some book clickthroughs, though. That seems entirely natural and appropriate, as “good book evangelising” is a habit of mine anyway :-)<\/p>\n
I’ll also be very happy if an article here leads indirectly to people discovering Single Bass. And I probably shall make some money that way. So that seems like a lovely synergy, given that I’d probably find it hard to resist doing some of the writing for its own sake.<\/p>\n
Who’s my audience?<\/h2>\n
To look at the purpose of the thing from another angle, I’m writing “for the people like me”.<\/p>\n
“Like me” in what sense? Perhaps “in any sense”. But I think particularly in the context of questioning and exploring and being outside the mainstream in some way. We pioneers of uncharted worlds need to be hearing from each other.<\/p>\n
“… to speak the truths of our lives insofar as we can, with each other’s presence and help, and cultivate carefully together those truths we cannot yet speak, truths that may be still very unformed and young.” – Carter Heyward<\/p>\n
I know how much difference it’s made to me when I come upon a fragment in a book somewhere that articulates something I’d been thinking or trying to figure out, which I’d never come across anywhere else. And I know how often, in conversation with friends who are grappling with something, what I’m basically saying to them is “Yes, I think you’re on the right track here – your intuitions are right – it’s just there are lots of people who don’t get it, who will tell you otherwise”.<\/p>\n
So, yeah, the power of writing, and its ability to connect ideas together and connect people with each other. That’s what I’m about here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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