One of the ways I define genius is that the average, good and great producers of their craft do what others might be able to do with similar time, effort and creativity - whereas the genius produces craft that nearly all others would never produce with similar time, effort and creativity. Although, ultimately, I think expressions of genius are really the times when we tap into the qualities of the Divine and express it in ways other cannot. Genius finds its provenance in the external force rather than the internal quality. Hold that thought for a moment, and I’ll return to it.
Regarding my own writing journey, I’ve reached the stage now where I’m about to send samples of my work to agents/publishers. The road to finding success, if it happens at all, is likely to take months, and probably years - so in the meantime, I’ll try to be a force for good in the world with my writing and videos, and hope to enhance my profile along the way.
So, back to the first point about genius, and selling that point in relation to my own works. I’ve written a book about God’s genius called The Genius of the Invisible God, where the ideas came via a combination of time, effort and creativity and Divine revelation. I’m convinced that that is its most alluring property in relation to its uniqueness to me as the author – that is, I’m not sure anyone else would have ever come up with it. In other words, if you take my book on economics, or my book on morality – while they are unique, and while I’m pleased with the final versions, I think they are books that someone of a similar mindset could similarly produce, if they studied economics and philosophy to the level required, and applied similar time, effort and creativity to the creation.
But I have a feeling that that’s not true of The Genius of the Invisible God. Because it came from revelation, and because of the cognitive resources expending from the long journey of reasoning and conception, coupled with unique personal experience, I don’t think anyone else would ever come up what’s in this book. And that’s the sort of proposition that should hopefully be attractive to a prospective publisher and is probably my best chance of making a success of it.
