I am a musician and songwriter. As for the poetry-song connection, it was there for me. I started writing poetry first, then as I learned instruments, I started writing songs.
There have been a few poems that I wrote first and then made them into songs later on, but usually now the words and music comes together at the same time.
I used to write erotica, but am retired. And when I was in uni I wrote a fair amount of short fiction. Nowadays, I write policies.![]()
I used to write, now I mainly edit friends work for publication
Nowadays I write useless posts on message boards
I actually own a book written by another LPSG member. It shouldn't surprise anyone that it is a work of theology, given the calibre of religious discussions we have here.
I actually own a book
I write, but not what would be considered enjoyable to most readers. I write research papers for a few political journals. It's all analysis of statistical data, translating numbers into terms that "the-powers-that-be" can understand. It's really cool because it's the one way that I can incorporate field-research work with a creative (not fabricated) interpretation of trends (specifically voting trends) to influence some change of political climate.
Ah, it's a rich, full life for us in the corporate world, no?I'm happy to say I think we've had some measure of success in debunking previous sacred paradigms and pointing a way toward better use of resources.