{"id":647,"date":"2011-03-08T04:32:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T11:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richardpnixon.com\/blog\/?p=647"},"modified":"2012-08-31T13:23:52","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T20:23:52","slug":"the-question-of-how-%e2%80%93-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richardpnixon.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/08\/the-question-of-how-%e2%80%93-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Question of How \u2013 Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
When I ask HOW do I expand my reach, everywhere I turn I am told the same old WHATS I already know that I\u2019ve gone over time and time again hoping to find some clue I may have missed before.<\/div>\n

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Maybe I\u2019m looking at the whole picture but need a different tint to really see. For the longest time I\u2019ve tried to pin down in as few words as possible what my book\u2019s about, and I\u2019ve come up with something along the lines of \u201cstory of my parents\u2019 desperate attempt to save my brother from himself, how I got caught in the current, and how I came to realize that I needed to let go of the past in order to move on with life.\u201d Maybe that\u2019s too generic.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Could be I need to pull off a scab or two and tell it on a more primal level \u2013 the story of an out of control teenager who drags down his little brother and gets them both sent to boarding school as a last resort. Teen sex. Alcohol abuse. Drugs. Loss of control. Loneliness. Depression. Institutionalization (One Flew Over the Cuckoo\u2019s Nest anyone?). Brain damage. Ecstasy. Police brutality. Isolation.\u00a0Growing up alone, alienated, ostracized, drifting with one desire \u2013 to return home but it no longer exists. Suicide. Terrorism. Barbarism. Self-destruction. Absolute pointlessness. A spark of hope with the realization that life is a one-way journey and what you miss is gone forever.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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I could do that, but I\u2019d hate for people to think my story\u2019s all grind without relief. I\u2019ve read a few of those and they are not fun. Over the Hills and Far Away is filled with humor and has to be \u2013 anything else would be a lie. Pink mousse anyone (those who were there will know what I\u2019m talking about)?<\/span><\/div>\n

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That might make it easier for my tribe to find me. Food for thought.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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