I’m writing fiction that questions the manipulation of beings and figures as interpreted in the Bible; if they were real. So I assume that makes me an agnostic writer lol; though I suppose it would be grouped based on if it actually is a facet of the works themselves?

@KayaSummerland if you're writing fiction you can still call yourself an atheist lol

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@KayaSummerland Well was not the entire Goat-Herders Guide to the Galaxy merely a work of fiction anyway?
Ergo, since you say your ARE an Atheist and are writing a book then you are an Atheist Writer are you not?

@Triphid But i don't write atheists. I write all kinds of stuff. I mean i hate celery but i do not define myself as a celery-hating writer. That makes it sound as if there is a connection between my celery-hating and my writing.

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@genessa Hey, I hate chilis but I don't write about them either but I do write/compose poetry and am an Atheist so as an Atheist and a Poet in can call myself an Atheist Poet if I wish vice versa IF I were Christian and a Poet I could then call myself a Christian Poet not that day nor title would ever happen thankfully.

@Triphid Nor for me. But if that horrid thing happened to me i would still not call myself a christian writer unless i was writing from a christian perspective. This is sort of like how some musicians happen to be christian but they don't play christian music, and they call themselves christians if asked, and musicians whether asked or not, but not christian musicians, whereas musicians who play that particularly vile, insidious aural travesty called christian music (you know what i mean -- not church music but the drivel they play on christian radio) do call themselves christian musicians. Sort of like that.

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@genessa Ah, but one can write from a 'Christian' perspective and still not a Christian, just as there those who can write from the Ancient Roman perspective, for example, and are most definitely not Ancient Romans,

@Triphid Yah but i think you know that wasn't what i was talking about.

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@genessa Yeah I know and may Fate, Destiny and whatever else always stand at my side and help repel off any temptations that religions may seek to place in my way and may they do the same for you.

@Triphid amen, if i may use the term lol

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@genessa You, my friend are as welcome to utilize it when and where ever you so desire, just as are any others here on this site.

@Triphid )

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Just curious, when you say more on the journalist/technical side, what do you mean?

@KayaSummerland Hey Kaya: Most of my work is as a freelance editor and writer, and I am hired to edit everything from magazine articles and book chapters, to term papers (edit, NOT "ghostwrite" ). English is my second language, which I learned as a kid (spoke Polish at home), and I'm pretty good at editing English written by other folks who also learned it as a second language. Oddly enough, I'm really good with folks who grew up speaking Mandarin Chinese and Mexican Spanish! Go figure. My writing also is varied, from newspaper articles to working with non-profit organizations to craft mission and vision statements; creating press releases and position papers for advocacy organizations (I work a lot with disabilities and mental health advocates); designing workshops and educational materials and more. Knowing how to communicate well can be a key to open a lot of different, weird and interesting doors, and I definitely use it to explore! (Oh, yeah: It's ALL creative if you do it right!) Hope to read your work some day.

Interesting question, though I’m not quite sure I follow. Social cues are difficult for me; what do you mean?

@KayaSummerland:

Do you identify with the spirituality, soul-searching and conscience of any particular group or culture?

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Oh, I’d never have thought of that! That’s new, I’m not much for in person gatherings but I’m willing to give it a try!