{"id":1244,"date":"2015-01-13T21:49:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T05:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sacollins.com\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2015-01-13T21:50:56","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T05:50:56","slug":"jesuischarlie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sacollins.com\/blog-wp\/?p=1244","title":{"rendered":"#JeSuisCharlie"},"content":{"rendered":"

#JeSuisCharlie<\/span><\/h1>\n

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#jesuischarlie – ’nuff said<\/p><\/div>\n

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On the eve of Charlie Hebdo’s monumental 3 million copy release to the world, I find I am still saddened by the loss. As a writer, I can’t help but be moved by tremendous artists and writers being cut down when they clearly had so much more to give us.<\/p>\n

I hate that we live in a world of gotcha’s and haters who just spew hate without an ounce of responsibility for what damage they cause in their blind rant. We’ve lost our ability it seems to have civil and reasoned discourse. That is a painful thing to realize. Words matter, the manner in which we use them matter. While I’ve been nothing short of a proponent for technology and the ease it has provided in bringing people closer, I can’t help but acknowledge how much it’s also driven us apart.<\/p>\n

I don’t know if it is a good or bad thing. I suppose as with anything, it matters in how it is used.<\/p>\n

I’d like to say the events of that horrible Tuesday haven’t affected my work, but it has. However small it might be, I write differently now. They are the same stories, the same sorts of characters, the same gay men’s lives I choose to write about. Only now, the stroke is more purposeful. The intent a bit more sharp. Why? Because I won’t be silenced, I won’t have our stories set aside because we may be in the minority.<\/p>\n

So I press on. And in a very real way, I can’t wait to see how my work will grow from this shocking set of events. How it will color my perceptions as an author and as a human being in this world. I try to hold onto the light. I try to let it shine. In a world of ever closing darkness, I can only hope my works will reflect that ember of hope I want for my characters and my readers.<\/p>\n

My men must shine – with all their faults, their strengths, their foibles. I want to show it all.<\/p>\n

#rip #jesuischarlie #freedom #liberty #hope<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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