Author: DirtySciFiBuddha
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“I haven’t recruited a single prospect.”
At first, Jon thought the recruiter was joking. Then he realized he wasn’t. No sales pitch. No pressure. No promises. Just a man with an impressive record… who seemed completely uninterested in recruiting anyone at all. And somehow, the conversation kept getting stranger. 📖 The Unbound Realm — Chapter 1
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On my creative process…
I love writing for a lot of reasons, but one of them is the ability to do it without figuring everything out beforehand. I like that I can go in with a vague idea, usually a handful of climactic scenes or ill-defined premises, and write my way toward them without knowing exactly how I’ll finalize…
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“I haven’t recruited a single one.”
Jon expected a sales pitch. Instead, he got a warning. The recruiter sitting across from him isn’t trying to convince him to join. He’s trying to convince him not to. And somehow… that’s even more unsettling. 📖 The Unbound Realm — Chapter 1
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“That’s your recruiting pitch?”
Most recruiters try to convince you. Chris Atriya is trying to convince Jon to walk away. The strange part? Jon can’t stop listening. 📖 The Unbound Realm – Chapter 1
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A zany and profane ad for my upcoming paperbacks for the Unbound Realm, soon available directly for purchase from King’s Entertainment
“Look at this nerd!” A gym-bro, predictably named Tanner, shoves me while I’m walking toward the squat rack. His gym-bro, buddy, a roofie-slinging Ivy league douche-bro named Sterling, snatches up my phone and starts clicking through my playlist. “What the fuck—this guy listens to Kpop DEMON HUNTERS??? Let’s ostracize him with disproportionate fury, and power…
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I expected advice.
A sales pitch. A reason to sign up. Instead, he listened. Really listened. And after everything I told him… After all the questions… He looked me straight in the eye and said: “Then don’t.” I wasn’t expecting that.
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Musings
Arguably, true abundance might be contentment–everything as is, without justification, categorization, or rationalization. Being in the present, in other words, and feeling the default wellbeing that comes with that state. On the other end of the spectrum, plenty of folks have had a glut of resources and time, and lived most of their lives in…
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“Looking for what?”
It should have been a simple question. But the way he asked it made me stop. Like he wasn’t asking why I walked into a recruiting center. Like he was asking what I’d been searching for my entire life. For the first time that day, I didn’t have an answer.
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On my creative process…
I have faith in the abundance of creativity; there’s always ideas out there, and even if they don’t realize in the exact fashion I desired or envisioned, I will benefit from working with them and fleshing them out. Maybe it’ll work out as I intended, maybe I’ll hone my skills, or maybe I’ll think of…
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I expected a recruiter.
Instead, I met Chris Atriya. There was something different about him. Not his uniform. Not his rank. The way he carried himself. Like he already knew something I didn’t. And for the first time all day… I was paying attention.