Feb. 17, 2013

My Second Wife....

From The Novelist Portent by Johnny E. Mahaffey (author's profile)

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Johnny E. Mahaffey The Novelist Portent
January 22, 2013

JOHNNY MAHAFFEY SAYS:
BEAUTY FADES -- BRILLIANCE SIMMERS

MY SECOND WIFE...

My second wife, Jaime, had two words to describe me:

BEAUTIFUL
and
BRILLIANT

I only had one word for her, heaven, and to this day it still applies, at least to when I knew her.

I'm sure it still applies today too, but I wouldn't know.

What I do know though, is, her words still ring in my ear every time I sit to write my vampire books. Books I think she would've been tickled to death to see me write back then.

I did have an old typewriter packed away.

Just never put it to good use; and tossed it to the curb when I bought my fiancee (before Jaime) a new house of her choice. During the move, it was just too bulky, heavy, and just, at the time, not of any use to me. I used my computer for everything under the sun just about.

If I knew then what I know now.

As the cliche goes.

But it's true.

Beautiful and brilliant, but not worth a societal dime.

Or, at least that's what the educationally-lacked think.

My outer beauty is fading, but what's inside shines like a diamond-star, and my brilliance gets magnified with each passing day, every book read, every thought contemplated, every sentence crafted.

My work is riddled with typos, especially these posts which are -- in fact -- first drafts, but my work one day will shine just as bright as what I feel inside. What I feel every time I think of my kids, and the women that I've had the privilege to love and to be loved by -- even if only for a moment.

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