I am writing this message and this site under the name Alien Boss Monster. That is not my real name but one I’ve used previously when referring to myself. Whilst it is probably fairly easy to track down who I am, I am also going to make up names for anyone I refer to on this site because some people might not want their story told and so I will try to protect them.
Why the name?
Alien, because I quite often feel like I don’t belong on this planet. Boss, because I’ve spent most of my life in a supervisory capacity, even when I was a child. Monster, because I’ve not always been one of the good guys.
So, what’s this site all about?
Well, it is a dumping ground for me. Some posts will be my memories, others will be fictional pieces. I don’t really know what I want to do with them yet but maybe I’ll use the memories for an auto-biography when I retire (I’m still working). I’ve made several attempts at writing in the past so maybe these notes will form the basis of pieces for what I write in the future. In the final years of school and my early years at work, I previously wrote songs and a couple of plays. I wrote some magazine articles, blog posts and a short fictional book and another non-fiction book over the years. Mostly, I’ve written for friends, family and colleagues. I might publish some of those as part of memories in the future.
I will be adding memories as I remember them and not in any particular order. Some will be very short and I may flesh them out with the help of family and friends. Others will be longer, usually, they are the embarrassing ones. Anyway, they will all be from my point of view, unless it is a memory from another party that involves me that I had forgotten about, then the point of view will come from the other party. My memory is not what it used to be so the posts on this site are there to help me piece together my past but may also lead to being used when I start writing in a few years’ time.
Why memories?
So, this dumping ground is for past memories but that is just somewhere to start. I might also add snippets of things that interest me that might become bigger. Possibly, I might try writing some fiction here and mix it in with the memories or observations to try things out.
It is my intention to write fiction in the future but at the moment I’m unclear what my medium will be. My first instinct is to write books but I’ve also got ideas that might be better for TV, film or stage. I’d also like to write songs again but I’ll see how I get on. I do want to write something that I can publish properly. However, my job and my life are far too busy to devote the time to this even though I get ideas at least once a week for something I could write.
Why not write now?
My problem at the moment is that I write something for a few hours or even a whole day and either don’t finish it or finish it but don’t edit it to make it ready for publication. Then I get my next idea and start working on that. Sometimes, I have picked up an idea and ran with it for a few hours a week over several months and I have a few unfinished books and book outlines (even a series) from that. Usually though, the writing runs into trouble even when I’ve tried to get organised and then I get a new idea and start on that. If I had nothing else to do (at work or at home) then no problem but I’m not going to get to that situation until I retire.
What’s all this crap on the internet?
As a final note, I’d just like to say that if you find it interesting then follow it. If not, just ignore it as another piece of crap on the internet.