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June 22, 2005 Here lately, it seems I've become political in my columns. I guess I wanted to be taken seriously as a writer. But I stopped writing for a while because I had to search my inner self and see what I wanted my writings to be about. I had watched the movie "Imagine: John Lennon" and for some reason, I just had to stop writing for a few days and step back. I read the other columns that were being put up and a lot of them were bitter and columnist attacking columnist. In regards to this, all I have to say is this: if you don't like what another columnist writes, take it to their in-box. Lets stop using Useless Knowledge to attack each other; all it does is breed hatred and bitterness. And the bitterness starts to expand to other columnists even though they may not realize it. But on to something else. The title of this column contains the word LOVE in it. It's only a four-letter word but it is one of the most powerful words ever. To say "I Love You," to someone is a dominant phrase. It can bring sunshine into someone's life that is feeling the rain of pain. It can create a family. It conveys an expression that another person has entered your heart. I tell my closest friends all the time "I Love You" before ending a phone call. I grab my children when they least expect it and tell them how much I love them. I roll over in the middle of the night and wake Dan up sometimes just to tell him I love him. I love writing columns to my family and telling them what they have done for my life and how much I love them for it. The same goes for my friends. I am not ashamed to share how much these people have helped me to grow into a better person. Personally, the columns I am the most proud of are the ones about my family and the fun we have together. Like the time my son and I chased each other through the Zoo with water bottles. I also love the column about our cat. And I love writing about my parents and all they have done for me and what all my Mom went through that gave her the inner strength she has today and what I feel makes her a great lady. The serious ones about Shaken Baby Syndrome, Air Pollution attacking a small town and the Supreme Court, yeah I felt like a serious reporter. But I was not being true to my inner self and I started to become bitter over it. The bitterness was starting to spill over into my real life and my boys started to feel that Mom had lost it and was more concerned about writing a Pulitzer Prize winning column than having fun with her writing. Dan noticed it to. Writing stopped being fun for me. I stepped back for a few days, shook my head and wondered what direction I was headed down. So I have decided to re-work myself for a bit and get back to MY basics and write about what makes me feel good about writing rather than trying to be something I'm not. Oh I'm sure that one day, an important issue will pop up that I will have to put my two cents in, but until that time, I will have to write about what I want to write about and make writing fun for me again. ------------ About the author: Kaycee Nilson has completed her first novel, "Night Falls on Chicago." The first two chapters can be viewed at http://www.KayceeNilson.com. Besides writing columns for Useless-Knowledge, Kaycee is currently working on two more novels, "From the Mind of a Vampire", and "I'll Love You Til You Die." If you have enjoyed what you read, or would like to leave Kaycee a message, please visit her message board at http://www.KayceeNilson.com/Board Email: Kaycee@kayceenilson.com Tell a friend about this site! ------------ All articles are EXCLUSIVE to Useless-Knowledge.com. Please link to this article rather than copying and pasting it onto your site (which would be unauthorized and illegal). |
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