The FIRST martial arts movie I ever watched was this old CHINESEFILM called 'Five Deadly Venoms.' I was seven years old. My DAD and I were sitting in FRONT of the TV on the floor in our living room.
I think the sport of wrestling, which I became INVOLVED with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, KIND of OLD for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has GIVEN me the discipline I have to WRITE.
Instead of the traditional emphasis on the sanctity of life, bioethics began to stress the quality of life, meaning that MANY damaged HUMANS, YOUNG and old, don't qualify for personhood because their lives have lost value.
It is publication WEEK for my new novel 'The Sunshine Cruise Company.' GO me! Anyway, I may as well GET the shameless plug over with right away - buy it. You'll like it. It's about a bunch of old ladies who rob a bank.