Friday Feature: @EriduSerpent
Greetings Prosers. It’s that sunshine and hope filled day that is Friday. The weekend stretches out ahead of us and the possibilities are endless. But for now, that day means one thing – it’s Friday Feature time! Today we head to Europe and meet the smashing character that is @EriduSerpent
P: What is your given name and your Proser username?
E: My name is Melloney, my Proser name is EriduSerpent
P: Where do you live?
E: I live in Southern Spain, in Granada, Andalucia
P: What is your occupation?
E: I was trained in the print industry, paste-up, lead type etc Then graphic art. But due to my health I am now just the villages odd English animal person/witch. I have online diplomas in general counselling, interior design and hypnotism, but I learn things then tire of them. I´m also trained in Tibetan massage and herbal medicine. I used to work around the village for donations, but got fed up of people giving me eggs as payment and telling people I was a lesbian witch. I heal with my hands and so they think I am a witch and I am single and cannot be bothered to get a boyfriend, so they assume I am gay. Which I am not, it is just Johnny Lee Miller is already happily married and Marilyn Manson is too freaky and kinky in bed, I am a lay back and let them get on with it type (while I watch tv) so he would not be interested in me. I also hate ironing and if you have a relationship it seems to entail that!
P: What is your relationship with writing and how has it evolved?
E: First of all I am not big on relationships so the fact that I have a very serious one with writing means I respect and love it and would not mind if I had to cook or iron for it, if need be.
It has evolved over the years from being fun to therapy, then back to fun.
P: What value does reading add to both your personal and professional life?
E: I barely read now, I used to a lot, mainly non-fiction, my brain craved knowledge and facts.
It was a way of dealing with stress and PTSD etc I am a greedy selfish writer, so my own work interests me more.
Now unless it is something I want to know about, most books mean nothing to me. I am lazy I watch tv instead of opening a book.
P: Can you describe your current literary ventures and what can we look forward to in future posts?
E: I have none, I wrote a novel, two poetry books, posted them online and then felt betrayed. When they were listed as free hundreds of people downloaded them and sent me emails and reviewed them etc. I was told my novel was funny, quirky, sad and so good people did not put it down etc. But when I tried to sell it even for a pittance no one paid for it. It made me feel like people take writers for granted, they have no idea how long it can take to write a book. They do not understand the emotional process which goes to writing a book of poems, you share your inner most thoughts and feelings with the world. Agents told me my book was good but just not on a fashionable subject, they suggested I write a vampire romance or something along the lines of 50 shades (of complete cack).
That is what sells! I did begin a vampire novel but found that I was hindered somewhat by the fact that I wanted to vomit. My daughter Fawn keeps asking me to finish it because she lurves one of the male characters named Alexander. I did have a full novel written, it was titled Black Out and about a biological weapon used in New York. I backed it up on a thumb drive, was tweaking it etc and my grandson Jesus bounced on my bed and knocked the thumb drive from my laptop…it formatted itself and never functioned again. I was pretty pissed off as when I went to try to write it again the words just would not come, the characters were flat, the scenes were bland, so I stopped trying. I have considered writing it as a screenplay for a movie but damn I am so lazy! So now I just write poems and prose, and create/post memes etc
P: What do you love about Prose?
E: I love that it is a community which does not judge, it is full of all types of writers, all colours, religions, crap writers, just meh! writers, good writers and wonderful writers.
It´s a friendly place, if you like, one could say it is a utopia for writers. I have a theory that if the world just contained poets and vegans it would be a peaceful, blissful heavenly place. Poets are calm, friendly and almost too polite for their own good…same as vegans.
I enjoy the challenges, writers can get in a rut at times, as one tends to write per how they feel mentally. If you are loved up, you write mush, if you are sad you write morbidly, etc etc.
So challenges give you an opportunity to create a new mind set. It gives you new subject matter.
P: Is there one book that you would recommend everybody should read before they die?
E: Anything by Dalai Lama XIV…he is a very wise man.
P: Do you have an unsung hero who got you into reading and/or writing?
E: Mr Abbot and Mr Granger in my junior school. Mr Abbot would set really cool/hard subjects to write about and Mr Granger read us Roald Dahl if we did our work quickly to round off the school day.
P: Describe yourself in three words!
E: OOOOhhhhwwwwwwwwwwwwww ummmmm…
I would like to say I am HONEST, which is true as I do not lie but I put a fake face on for people so am I really honest? I pretend to like people when really, I just do not need them, I am in fact indifferent, I do it to be polite. Also being honest causes me problems as I will say what I think if I deem it the only logical answer or reply.
Hmmmm I am PROTECTIVE for sure, if any one does me or my loved ones wrong, they will pay dearly.
SELFLESS…I am not a greedy person, I prefer to share and help others, especially animals. I am fairly low income but most of my money goes on donations to animal sanctuaries and causes. I pay to feed strays/get vet care for the animals in the village that I live in. I learnt many years ago at a time when I had a lot of money that it did not make me happy, being poorer has been more for-filling to me.
BUT others say I am: Autistic, eccentric and odd.
Others: Extremely intelligent, unsociable, and a brilliant cook...some just say "Damned scary" or call me Sheldon.
P: Is there´s one quote, from a writer or otherwise, that sums you up?
E: I have two on my Facebook account:
“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.” ― Dalai Lama XIV.
I like it because it sums me up, I am just a small chubby woman but I can move mountains with my strength, my words or my voice, my knowledge, if need be. Not enough people stand up for what is right and many have excepted their role as mere sheep. I can be one mean nasty mosquito when I believe an injustice or crime has been committed.
AND
" And I'm a country you don't ever, ever, ever, ever, ever wanna visit again" ― Marilyn Manson
This because I have a dark side which I keep in check (mostly)
Take what you want from those hahaha!
P: What is your favourite music, and do you write or read to it?
E: I LOVE Marilyn Manson, he is very intelligent, love his voice, it makes me wobbly at the knees. I also adore Sia and Banks, I like a good strong song to sing too. I like violin and cello music, Bach for instance. I listen to Tibetan Buddhist chants and Japanese music, not the new stuff the old Edo material. But I write to none of it, as it is too much interference for my brain.
P: You climb out of a time machine into a dystopian future with no books. What do you tell them?
E: I tell them nothing and ask how they store their written word and how far back does their storage go…Words do not need to be in pages of a book. Some of the best stories are told by word of mouth only. As long as one has a way to read or write, I do not really care.
P: Do you have a favourite place to read and write?
E: My huge comfy bed!
I suffer from chronic insomnia and get ill a lot so I spend a lot of time awake in bed.
My mind is most active and functional between 2 & 4am…so I tend to write a lot then, I also kick at Scrabble, Monopoly, Sudoku, Trivia quizzes etc in those hours! hahaha
P: Is there anything else you’d like us to know about you/your work/social media accounts?
E: I love the work of Brian Patten and Lord Byron.
I enjoy reading religious texts, such as The dead sea scrolls, bibles, The book of Enoch, Black magic books, mythological tales, conspiracy stuff, alien and weird things. I like watching scifi shows (Long live the Brown Coats) and detective shows (but I piss people off by telling them the plot before it is shown) and deep down I would have liked to have been a paid assassin preferably one using a sniper rife :o) (I love humans really) or someone like the Sherlock Holmes character.
Ummmm and after answering these questions I think I am definitely mentally unstable but just a tad!
For the record I own no guns and they do not allow them here in Spain.
We love it when a Proser really GIVES in one of these Friday Features, and she did give. You know what happens now. Be nice, follow, comment, like and be Prose-y as per usual.
Thanks to @EriduSerpent for her time and her honesty all the way from sunny Spain!