: About Me

I have a regular job as a slot attendant at a Racino, which happens to be a combination racetrack and casino. Both the pay and the benefits are good,but my advocation at least as far as I'm concerned)is writing. I really do believe I was put on this earth to be a writer.

Although over the years I've taken several stabs at it by writing a novel yet to be published, assisting a friend on a book called Eroticism In The Fantasy Cinema which was published in the mid eighties,and writing for a couple of movie websites. I also have my own blog called A Joe's Eye View where I expound on a variety of topics. Check it out http://infosack.blogspot.com.

With the availability of writers websites such as Helium,it is my hope to expand my writing to the point where I can one day write full time.My biggest dream, however,is getting my novel published and seeing it displayed in bookstores.

My passion is ...

One of my passions is writing. The rest would take too long to list.

My childhood ambition ...

To be a horror movie star like Boris Karloff or Bela Lugosi.

My favorite memory ...

The Time I recieved an A for a science report I wrote in one night! That's when I knew I had talent as a writer.

Why I write ...

It's my creative outlet as well as an avenue in which I can express myself.

My first job ...

Door To Door Salesman Selling Portrait Album Plans.

My inspiration ...

Is all encompassing and comes to me from many sources.

Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms How far will people go for their fifteen minutes of fame

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It was artist Andy Warhol who once proclaimed," In the future,everyone will have fifteen minutes of fame." In this day of hungry media vultures intent on filling television and magazines full of wholesale sensationalism,there are those who crave recognition and are more than willing to earn their own fifteen minutes in the public spotlight. You see, we are a culture of celebrity as well as notoriety. And there exists two types of celebrity. There is the celebrity who becomes a cultural icon,whose fame exceeds their own mortal existence while they themselves live on in the publics conscious...

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