Warning: May not be true fact, but in fact, may be true fiction

With election day approaching we notice more and more campaign ads on TV. I always know when to change the channel thanks to that little disclaimer that sounds like a male Helen Zille.

So I got to thinking that perhaps I should post a disclaimer, for the benefit of my readers (both of you) who may mistakenly take all of what I write as fact or personal experience. When in truth I live in a very vivid imaginary world, where I exist as several different people. For example, Lilly is loosely based on my own life. She’s a mom, and finds out about her husband’s philandering ways. Molly is a 20something single girl, on the brink of a career in the publishing business, and trying figure out if true love exists. Lilo is divorced and finding her feet as a single parent and a second chance at happiness.

Then there are several nameless souls in hazy scenes in my mind.

Here’s another example. A long time ago I wrote a poem about a losing a child. A woman who came across my poem wrote to me saying she too had lost a baby and could relate to my pain. She could relate to my words. I felt intense guilt and never wrote back because I had never actually miscarried. At times, when inspired by lord alone knows what, I am able to write as if personally in a situation. I can empathise.

So readers (lol, hilarious) please don’t panic when you read something shocking. It might be fact, it might be fiction. I kind of like the idea that you’d be left wondering when its which.