Over at my blog, Au Courant, I have added a new feature. Its called “Connection“. What I do is write about something in “reality” (in life, tv, movies, etc) and then I also write about the “fiction” (a book of some sort). At the end of the post I then include a Connection. What does the “reality” and “fiction” share?

I’ve been thinking of creating these posts for months now but never felt confident enough in the idea to actually do it. Until now.

More and more lately I’ll be working on something or going somewhere and a book will pop up into my head. I’m working outside with my parents on fixing up some out buildings with a hammer and drill in both hands and all of a sudden “Dark Water Rising” pops into my head. Dark Water Rising is about a family who deals with the aftermath of a horrible hurricane and the only thing the main kid wants to be is a carpenter.

We can see connections between reality and fiction everywhere. But the one thing we have to always remember is that fiction is not reality. We can enjoy fiction and its benefits, but not live in a fictional world.

That is one thing I myself have been accused of. “my skewed version of reality” has been attacked but the truth of the matter is, many people prefer fiction to reality. When people are living in fiction, what happens then?

(This may seem like a depressing post, but it really isn’t. It’s just a thought I have been harboring for a few months now and felt like sharing.)