In conversation with Warren Stribling

This week I’m with Warren Stribling, airman, legionnaire, teacher and writer (oh and author) which is a very eclectic portfolio for any adult life. He now lives in Mexico with his wife, but has been known to teach English as a foreign language in France, after a stint in the French Foreign Legion. Our conversation was interesting as he is the first person I’ve met who is openly a part of the stories he writes, which begs the question about how close to home the fiction is to reality.  As we progressed though it became apparent that although the circumstances and settings may be similar, the story really is just that, fiction. Not only is he a writer of novels, with two in the Sin and Zen series so far and possibly more to come, he is also the master of the observational ultra short, flash fiction many of which are driven by competitions he enters. His blog posts are a different genre again and very philosophical in nature and could be called a sort of public journal designed to help Warren think about the big questions of life. He doesn’t set out to be an authority in the subject of the inner world but somehow it strikes a chord with others. The genesis of this perspective lies in therapeutic writing to making sense of himself and the circumstances he found himself and others in. One of the things that became apparent as we talked was that we both have very interesting conversations with our other (better!) halves and that these can never be planned, as you...
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