So, let's get started. Like I said in my Bio, I want this to be a dialogue not a lecture, so jump on in here all you war novelists and readers. Let's talk about why war literature means so much to us. I tried to explain it somewhat in my Bio. I think war lit tells us more about the human condition than any other form. And I think it gives us veteran writers a constructive outlet for our feelings.
I remember when I came home from Vietnam, everyone kept asking me what it was like. Part of me, a big part, didn't want to talk about it, but in reality, I had no clue how to talk about it. I couldn't put the experience in perspective until I started writing it down eighteen years later. It didn't start out as a novel; it started as a vent that over time got shaped into The Second Tour as I learned more about writing.
Has anyone else experienced something similar, or even something quite different?
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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