User:Cor

Well, it's been amiably suggested that I put words on this here page.

Ten self-referential details...


 * - 35 years old (continuous)
 * - raised near Burbank, CA, USA
 * - now on central FL coast
 * - writer for hire (a/k/a "hacK" - treatments, raw wordage, background, dialogue for talented, megalomaniac bastids who steal the credit by prior agreement), sometimes working a "normal" job too as needed
 * - father of four, still married to their mom
 * - one published novel (not vanity, and not "a big success"), one completed novel I don't dare sell yet, three incomplete novels
 * - maybe 30 articles / interviews published in periodicals
 * - about 300 novellas / stories / fragments on USENET and the WWW, mostly at http://www.asstr.org/~tmz/
 * - landlord of two rabbits
 * - looks much leaner in a serif font

The "tickle monster" obsession is not (primarily) fueled by latent homosexuality or repressed fantasies or some depthless desire to be oppressed. I like writing about nearly-omnipotent, mysterious "practical jokers" that generally execute dark agendas on tough guys. That premise has allowed me to explore...


 * - the ways in which unhindered control change both the executor and the target
 * - self-sabotage
 * - dilemmas which pit self-interest against wish-fulfillment
 * - improvements in technology that unintentionally create new risks as well as benefits
 * - the impact of myth and legend on our decisions
 * - bureaucratic weaknesses and urban depersonalization that can be leveraged against individuals
 * - Stockholm Syndrome
 * - the embrace of titanic pleasure as a coping mechanism
 * - honesty between family members and close male friends
 * - convergence of virtual and traditional realities
 * - altruism as demonstrated by beings with no capacity for empathy

Enough said.
 * For now.

E-mail discussion is also a good thing. Cor 05:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)