A short story of mine was published on the Jewish Fiction web site, so I'm spreading the news so that more than a handful of people will know about it and possibly read it.
A long time ago I thought I ought to be a writer of fiction, although that isn't really where my skills as a writer lie, which is probably why I never committed myself to that kind of literary career. But I have published a couple of stories that I don't want to disown.
It doesn't particularly matter to me when I see that only a dozen or more people look at this blog. I guess I lack the conviction that what I write is IMPORTANT. It means something to me when I write it, and that's enough.
The story is about my ambivalence with respect to Jewish observance.
I often think that it's something like playing a role as an actor. You have to believe in it while you're doing it, but when you step off stage, you have to remember it's only a role.
The truly religiously observant never step off stage. The truly atheistic won't even try to learn their lines.
Anyway, I reread the story a few hours ago, and it's not bad, and the other stories on the web site are also interesting. So I hope you read and enjoy them.
A long time ago I thought I ought to be a writer of fiction, although that isn't really where my skills as a writer lie, which is probably why I never committed myself to that kind of literary career. But I have published a couple of stories that I don't want to disown.
It doesn't particularly matter to me when I see that only a dozen or more people look at this blog. I guess I lack the conviction that what I write is IMPORTANT. It means something to me when I write it, and that's enough.
The story is about my ambivalence with respect to Jewish observance.
I often think that it's something like playing a role as an actor. You have to believe in it while you're doing it, but when you step off stage, you have to remember it's only a role.
The truly religiously observant never step off stage. The truly atheistic won't even try to learn their lines.
Anyway, I reread the story a few hours ago, and it's not bad, and the other stories on the web site are also interesting. So I hope you read and enjoy them.
