Re: Orphans of the Fog book update

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Doug, sounds like a wonderful project! I will definitely share, and give you

permission to use my story (all that legalese jazz) so long as I can still

use it in my books in the future I'm so glad you shared what it's like

writing the book, because some day I'd like to do the same, too. God bless

you on your painful journey!

~Holly

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> Hey guys,

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> Here s an update on the book project I m working on about KO s growing

> up in the FOG.

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> Some times the words flow, other times they jam up in a knot in the

> throat as I think about how it was growing up with the BP fog all around

> me. It sucked, big time. It wasn t fair that I had to grow up that

> way, and live a lifetime of dealing with the consequences. And as I

> write about it, it REALLY pisses me off!

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> I m also learning a few things about writing a longer project , like a

> book, which is my first, that are different from shorter ones like

> blogs, articles, poems, workshops and the like.

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> 1. It will evolve as you work. Where you thought you were going at

> day one changes often. It s like searching a darkened house on fire for

> survivors. You know you re going in, but not what you ll find till you

> delve into it.

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> 2. You will NOT be a dispassionate observer, if you are writing about

> something that is part of your story.

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> 3. When you start to write about the painful , shameful places, you

> will want to quit.

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> 4. Sometimes as you write, you ll cry, rage, blush, and occasionally,

> laugh. But the story is still worth telling.

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> I m also gaining good insights by hearing all of your stories and

> experiences. Sometimes they mirror my own. Sometimes they are polar

> opposites. Always they come out of your personal FOG.

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> And, the more I write, and then read your experiences, the more I m

> becoming convinced that I want this project to be, not my story, but our

> story. Call it research or call it insight or call it misery loves

> moral support , but I d really like to start injecting some of the

> stories and experiences that you guys have had into this project.

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> So, from time to time, as I m working in a particular subject, I d

> love to post a request for your own memories. We all grew up as

> orphans. We were all orphans that the whole world thought had real

> parents. We all lived it alone, suffered it alone, bore it alone, and

> survived it, alone.

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> I d like to tell our story, together. This project for me is about

> healing. And you all know my theme and blessing to us,

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> May we all heal.

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> So I d like this to be about all of our wounds, and all our healing.

> Us. The KOs. The Orphans.

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> Doug

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