{"id":1039,"date":"2022-06-28T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T18:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/?p=1039"},"modified":"2022-08-02T13:40:33","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T20:40:33","slug":"writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-blog-entry-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markjroseauthor.com\/writing-matt-miller-in-the-colonies-blog-entry-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Matt Miller in the Colonies &#8211; Blog Entry 7"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1039\" class=\"elementor elementor-1039\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cfc7774 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cfc7774\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b302c53\" data-id=\"b302c53\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e44b12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e44b12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.18.0 - 20-12-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-primary-font-weight ); color: #000000;\" data-elementor-setting-key=\"title\" data-pen-placeholder=\"Type Here...\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-primary ); font-family: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-family),Sans-serif; font-size: 3rem; font-weight: var(--e-global-typography-primary-font-weight);\">JUNE 28, 2022 \u2013 BLOG ENTRY 7<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7445726 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7445726\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7e0a6f\" data-id=\"c7e0a6f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ca2957 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ca2957\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI owe my father a great deal when I talk about literary influences. He was dropping science fiction on my nightstand from the time I learned to read. My father was only nineteen years old when I was born, so he was just a kid. Maybe we were learning about science fiction simultaneously, or perhaps he was already a fan. I regret not asking him more about his favorite authors. I regret not asking him about many things, which seems to be a common theme among fathers and sons. I do know that he was intelligent and well-read. While going through his stuff after he died, I learned that he did way better than me on the SAT.<\/p>\nMy father would read a book and then leave it in my room. Eventually, I would pick the book up and start reading it myself. He got his hands on many anthologies and compilations, and so much of my early reading was short stories. It was a different world back then. You were forced to read what people put in front of you, good or bad. 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