Who's Jay Hughes?
Jay Hughes is my nom-de-plume, my pseudo, my writer's name. It generally means "JU's" and was/is essential because my name and that of the late more famous John Updike were problematic for at least one of us.
Establishing my own identity was more fascinating than I originally imagined, but once the character became upright and slightly believable, he became somewhat charismatic.
Jay is about being honest, slightly confused, a bit on the naughty side and inclined to be clueless to the point of having the onions to "figure it out" on his own.
The character has matured, generally, in the past few years, and I suspect that's along the lines of my own sense of maturity. We all eventually see where we've been, what may or may not be a discernable future and the capability to expect that nothing we plan will always go as we planned it. The adventure is what Jay is about, recognizing that -- in the story -- nearly everyone gets what everyone deserves.
There are seldom real rights and real wrongs.
Just our association with a set of social standards that we believe are admirable.
All societies have them, and we've gone to war with some who thought their own standards made more sense than ours did. Some, we even derided as evil. At the time, they didn't see it that way.
In the case of Jay Hughes, the protaganist, the rights and wrongs are connected to the deeds and thoughts of people who either are victims or beneficiaries. The onlooker is a party to one or the other, either by acceptance or lack of understanding.
If any of this makes sense, welcome to the World of Jay Hughes, who has some curious stories to tell. One or two, you might believe.
Establishing my own identity was more fascinating than I originally imagined, but once the character became upright and slightly believable, he became somewhat charismatic.
Jay is about being honest, slightly confused, a bit on the naughty side and inclined to be clueless to the point of having the onions to "figure it out" on his own.
The character has matured, generally, in the past few years, and I suspect that's along the lines of my own sense of maturity. We all eventually see where we've been, what may or may not be a discernable future and the capability to expect that nothing we plan will always go as we planned it. The adventure is what Jay is about, recognizing that -- in the story -- nearly everyone gets what everyone deserves.
There are seldom real rights and real wrongs.
Just our association with a set of social standards that we believe are admirable.
All societies have them, and we've gone to war with some who thought their own standards made more sense than ours did. Some, we even derided as evil. At the time, they didn't see it that way.
In the case of Jay Hughes, the protaganist, the rights and wrongs are connected to the deeds and thoughts of people who either are victims or beneficiaries. The onlooker is a party to one or the other, either by acceptance or lack of understanding.
If any of this makes sense, welcome to the World of Jay Hughes, who has some curious stories to tell. One or two, you might believe.
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