People ask me, why am I more than just a writer? Well, this begs the question: Who is a writer? And who is an author? And what is the difference between the two?
After extensive considerations, I came to the conclusion that a writer is someone who writes nonfiction, while an author writes fiction. I consider myself to be the latter and I certainly think that writing fiction is more challenging.
So this matter is settled. For now.
People ask me, why am I more than just a writer? Well, this begs the question: Who is a writer? And who is an author? And what is the difference between the two?
After extensive considerations, I came to the conclusion that a writer is someone who writes nonfiction, while an author writes fiction. I consider myself to be the latter and I certainly think that writing fiction is more challenging.
So this matter is settled. For now.
People ask me, why am I more than just a writer? Well, this begs the question: Who is a writer? And who is an author? And what is the difference between the two?
After extensive considerations, I came to the conclusion that a writer is someone who writes nonfiction, while an author writes fiction. I consider myself to be the latter and I certainly think that writing fiction is more challenging.
So this matter is settled. For now.
People ask me, why am I more than just a writer? Well, this begs the question: Who is a writer? And who is an author? And what is the difference between the two?
After extensive considerations, I came to the conclusion that a writer is someone who writes nonfiction, while an author writes fiction. I consider myself to be the latter and I certainly think that writing fiction is more challenging.
So this matter is settled. For now.
People ask me, why am I more than just a writer? Well, this begs the question: Who is a writer? And who is an author? And what is the difference between the two?
After extensive considerations, I came to the conclusion that a writer is someone who writes nonfiction, while an author writes fiction. I consider myself to be the latter and I certainly think that writing fiction is more challenging.
So this matter is settled. For now.
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I have unexpectedly discovered this book and was pleasantly surprised by it. Driven by curiosity, I began reading it. With every chapter, the story was getting more and more enticing. Now I‘m really looking forward to read the next parts of this trilogy.
I have unexpectedly discovered this book and was pleasantly surprised by it. Driven by curiosity, I began reading it. With every chapter, the story was getting more and more enticing. Now I‘m really looking forward to read the next parts of this trilogy.
I have unexpectedly discovered this book and was pleasantly surprised by it. Driven by curiosity, I began reading it. With every chapter, the story was getting more and more enticing. Now I‘m really looking forward to read the next parts of this trilogy.
S A U L P R I Z E R
more than just a writer...
Since my very early days I was simply fascinated about space, aliens, ghosts, and anything else (I did not know what vampires were back then), that didn't belong to the realm of everyday. A horror movie would disrupt my routines as a child for weeks - I'd be scared to sleep in my room and feel threatened by every dark corner; a space movie would excite me to such a degree that I would imagine myself being a clone made by aliens. Also, I believed, that when I close my eyes, even for just a blink, the world and the people disappear completely.
I wanted to be a writer before I knew how to write, but when I did learn how to do it, I often felt that the task at hand is much bigger than me - I felt there was some kind of a hidden meaning in the act of writing and that if I can't grasp it, I won't be able to do it properly.
I needed quite a bit of time to grow as a person in order to undertake it, but now my time has come.
I like writing about what we, humans, experience as a touch of unknown and unknowable; therefore, in my books you'll meet personal and impersonal forces influencing people's lives and shaping their destinies.
Yet, some of my books will be very down to earth, but nevertheless extraordinary.
And last but not least - things my mind gets attracted to: Titanic, Fractals, Bitcoin, a phrase „Including, but not limited to", WWII, all kinds of sirens. Sounds weird? It sure is.
Most of the time I am very serious. Perhaps too serious.
It’s because writing is a very important matter, and I am so devoted to it that everything else gradually fades away. To me, collecting ideas and writing books is simply a unit of measure of my own existence. This probably sounds like a bunch of fancy words or even sentinmental stuff; however, this is the most beautiful process in my life. Thus, it deserves the most meaningful aknowledgement.
What is writing? The answer is rather complex.
There are days when I could describe writing in a simple way—something like a dream of mine that I carry within me from the days of my childhood.
Most of the time, though, I take a more serious, even philosophical, stance:
To me, writing is not a part of an impressive career or a title. It does not reflect my views or provide a platform for ostentation. On the contrary, it is my personal freedom and mission, leading into the infinite depths of human perception and demanding complete dedication.
It makes me realize that I am a capable human being; immersed into the inner silence, I can, for a while, forget the world around me and experience the precious instants of living in the Now.
In moments like this, my entire existence becomes just an Idea. Getting into the character of an author, I take on the untamed creative element and bring it in contact with my human consciousness, which results in a gratifying expression, which I call books.
As an author, I often have to forgo my sociability and embrace my humanness; thus, I feel that sometimes it is difficult for me to be just a human ... because of the limitations I then experience.
Of course, strictly within the framework of rationale, such approach may not sound very meaningful, but when employed in the creative context, it opens up vast possibilities. I’d say it can be compared to love—if fully rationalized, it is no longer love.
Lastly, sometimes I see writing like a mystical framework
...or even phantasmagoria, in which I experience a touch with something non-human, or simply with my own subconsciousness. Something that’s aware of me. It liberates me, grants me unfathonable inspiration, or weighs me down. It elicits a vision and a transforming change. All boudaries and limitations then disappear, and I become a self-aware being, capable of experiencing a glimpse of something ordinarily unattainable:
I am all alone. Standing in an empty open place, like a plateau of my own existence.
I am searching for an inspiration. Looking up to the sky covered with a thick fog. I can hardly see it.
Suddenly, hiding up there in the fog, I notice a giant octopus. Randomly waving its blind tentacles, it is trying to grab the soul of the bypassing writer.
It is my inspiration.
Here and there, I see the tips of the tentacles coming down—without touching the ground, they wriggle in the air and quickly disappear into the fog above.
Excited like a child and jumping around, I’m trying to catch one of them, but the mysterious tentacles prove to be an elusive target.
Suddenly, I see one of them descending right by my side. I leap toward it and momentarily catch it. Then—with no intention of letting it go—I strongly embrace it.
In just a moment, this fantastic creature pulls me up and carries me away from the boundaries of the everyday world, freeing me from the usual frameworks.
And then I feel inspired.