Greeting, all!
I pray that this blog post find you well. As for me, I am doing quite well. I feel accomplished, thankfully. Just yesterday I completed my short story entry for the next Concordant Vibrancy Anthology.
With that said, I'll just dip right on in.
Recently I was asked the following question:
How has transcendence in your writing career helped or hindered you?
Please cite examples of either occurrence.
This question was quite interesting to me as this is nothing that I'd ever really pondered upon. It just was not important as I don't write my works to please or appease anyone. Nevertheless, it was an interesting enough thought to cause me to look back at where I started and where I've come.
To answer the question I had to wind back the hourglass and submerse myself into the full compass of emotions, at any given time, when writing my works. A mental dismantling, if you will, of status and thought process.
My very first published project was my contribution to "Concordant Vibrancy 1: Unity" by All Authors Publishing House. The title was "... and we" and it told the story of a consensual love affair between two men and one woman.
I feel as though, even at that time, my writing was atypical ... Not like the rest but in a good way. Honestly, I write what is in my heart so whether or not someone finds it elitist, or even unworthy, I don't quite care much.
From this first publication came a myriad of short stories. Most of them were included in my short story anthology, "Syncopation of Ravishing Intensity."
Here I wrote many stories that could be left to interpretation, though all delving into erotica at one point or another. One of my favorites was called "Tyronian Rapture". It is the story of the renaissance age and two women of different ethnicities who were attracted to each other. This story resonated with me for some reason, though I did not hold any commonalities with the main characters. Again, this too was atypically written but it was a powerful and whimsical story.
Fast forward, several years later and my writing has molded into two parts:
(1) The real Adonis Mann—airy and magical. Diction so profound is stays with you far past the read.
(2) The subjective Adonis Mann—intelligent but down to earth. Still whimsical but curtailed. A read to suit the masses.
Either one remains true to my essence. In a sense I can see how my writing has bloomed as I've gone to places in my works that I would have never thought I would go.
For example, my story "Odyssey of Rhapsody" which was featured in "Pleasure Prints", Book 2 of the Divergent Ink collection, was subjective in nature but transcendent in thought. Here I delve into love that surpasses understanding. So much so it twists the mind and warns perception.
With that said, to answer the question above ...
I would have to say that the transcendence in my writing career has neither helped nor hindered me. It has, however, made me the best version of my writer self as possible.
Until Soon,
Adonis
