I Write On Anything: (Written On A Napkin),Used

Product Description This is the 'Life Story' of someone you most likely don't know and care nothing about someone who no one knows, really. But someone who has a need to share the most personal inner workings of his mind... Welcome to the world of Yorick von Fortinbras, author and musician, as he tells his story in the form of poetry, short stories, sketches, lyrics and musings made in various states of mind from age 10 through his current age. So find a quiet place and delve into 'I Write on Anything (Written on a Napkin)'. Maybe soon after you'll be one of the few who truly knows Yorick von Fortinbras. From the Author 12/14/2010My motivation in creating this 'Life Story' is that I'd like to be honest honest about my writing and get this out of the closet, literally. Who am I kidding? I just want to be recognized as a creative person. That's all I've ever wanted but I didn't realize it until right now. But why should anyone care about me, what I want or my collection of scattered about stuff produced during an incredibly creative time of my life really, why should they? In the complete grand scheme of things I'm nobody. I haven't released any secret government documents, assassinated a famous person or abducted any 5 year old girls and written a manifesto on how a new race of people should be engineered from my demon seed with me as the revered demigod. If I had, someone would no doubt care enough to dig through my stuff and try to figure out why I was so messed up. But I haven't done any of those things. The thought that my kids would be interested in reading this when they get older made me decide to organize the stuff to make it easier for them. They would be surprised as would anyone else that knows me because no one knew I was going through this creative period while I was, nor could they be aware of the frequency at which I was cranking this stuff out. It was my secret (for some reason) and I was never sure how long my ability would last. But I feel lucky because if I hadn't been able to precisely get these thoughts out of my head throughout the years I honestly don't know where I'd be today maybe gunning down some famous people. Can this stuff help some other lost young folks see that they can find a way? I don't know. Can it encourage others to use selfexpression as a therapeutic tool? Maybe. Has it made me feel better? Hell yes. I feel lucky that I can comment on my past thoughts comments that I'll probably enjoy reading (and commenting on again) in another 1015 years, if I'm around that long. Because of this, I see this as an autobiography and a biography at the same time since I've changed so much yet stayed the same. To borrow a quote from Bob Dylan: 'Looks like I'm moving, but I'm standing still.' And this life story is unique in that it is in the form of poetry, stories, sketches and essays all based around some central blur of Truth.Since I don't want this to be incredibly boring, I didn't start with my diary entries even though they come first chronologically. That starts out pretty normal and mundane as a 10 year old would write, but things do change quickly. I put these entries at the end as a 'bonus' section and that is still an active journal to which I'll keep adding over the years. But reading through that, it was really clear to me how I was a [somewhat] normal 10 year old albeit one that competed nationally in gymnastics and wrote almost daily in a diary and through some unique events ended up as I am today: 'different' to be kind to myself, really f&%#'d up if I'm not feeling so kind. I mean, who would even do a project like this anyway??!!? (I had trouble deciding how many question marks and exclamation marks to put in that and in what order). The first 4 chapters contain my nondiary books in chronological order. Each book of poetry and short stories is a collection that I wrote from age 16 up through last Friday. I've found with poetry and music and art that