Writing creed

So apparently insomnia makes me write things. This is the answer to both why I write, and what I write.

Why I Write:

I write to entertain

to thrill

to engage

If a message slips in, all the better, but first it must be fun.

I am heir to the penny dreadful

the pulp magazines

dime novels and movie serials

comics and action flicks.

I walk in the footsteps of giants.

Poe, Lovecraft, Haggard and Doyle

Howard, Burroughs, Siegel and Lee.

I write so that I can entertain

of worlds undreamed

and wild adventures.

I write so we can all have a bit of fun.

Not to hammer a message home or preach

Just a bit of escapism.

And maybe, just perhaps,

If you read what I write

you can dream of a better world.