My name is Kevin Beachy. I have chosen the "Barbarian" mantra. The reason for this comes from a quote from storypeople.com. "Of course I act like a barbarian, he said. They're the only ones who have any fun in this life." And I really enjoy hunting. Those are pretty much the only ways I resemble a barbarian, because:
1. I like to read, particularly classics. My literary manifesto: Dickens is King of Microstyle and British Literature. Sir Walter Scott is King of Historical Fiction. James Fenimore Cooper is King of American Description. G. K. Chesterton is King of the Paradox. Mark Twain is King of American Vernacular. C. S. Lewis is King of Basic Theology. Leo Tolstoy is King of Russian Literature. (Sorry Dostoyevsky, you're only Prince) Oscar Wilde is King of Morbid/Humorous Short Stories/Plays With Warped Thinking. A. Conan Doyle is King of the Detective Fiction. J. R. R. Tolkien is King of Middle Earth. Jack London is King of The Prose of the Northland. Robert Service is King of The Poetry of the Northland. Edgar Allan Poe is King of Morbid Poetry. Saki is King of Sarcastic Short Stories. Jules Verne is King of Classic Science Fiction. (H. G. Wells: Prince) Pat McManus is King of Outdoor Humor. Dave Barry is King of City Humor. P. G. Wodehouse is King of the British Chappie. Victor Hugo is King of French Fiction. (Alexandre Dumas: Prince, and King of Monte Cristo) Douglas Adams is King of the Nomads of the Galaxy. George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) is Queen of British Literature. Jane Austen is Queen of Feminine Literature. (Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte: Princesses) (More? Let me know.)
2. I like technology, but not really writing about it.
3. I live in a house, eat at a table, hold a job.
So you see I'm not very Barbaric. Not nearly enough for my tastes.
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