38
pages
The Blurb:
He's
a middle-aged, newly single, gay photographer starting life over. Along comes a
freshly out nineteen-year-old, irreverent free spirit who wants to be his
apprentice. Mismatched by more than a generation, what could possibly go wrong?
Everything! And it's AWESOME!
My Thoughts:
“Because that’s
how dreams find life….words…..Words.”
This book could also have been
titled ‘The Birth of the MuseNerd’ as we learn how he inspires Doc/Dan to write
A
Summer of Guiltless Sex (and thank you very much for that moment of
inspiration, MuseNerd; I simply adored that book) as well as this particular
series of delightful reads.
Getting to know Dirk is a pure
pleasure. I imagine it might be quite exhausting in real life, but on my Kindle
he is wonderful company. His honesty and lack of filters are in fact refreshing
in a world where political correctness does appear to have gone mad. All of us
have been programmed, from a very early age, to think before we speak and to
not stand out – fade to grey, don’t look for the spotlight, don’t stand out
from the crowd. Dirk isn’t built that way and couldn’t stop standing out if you
paid him to do so. Personally I think the world would be a nicer, probably more
tolerant and definitely more entertaining place if we could all take at least a
small leaf out of Dirk’s book and occasionally approach life with uncensored
honesty without fearing the repercussions.
While we obviously get to know
Dirk better with each subsequent instalment of this series, the same can be
said for Doc/Dan. Not that he describes himself in details similar to the one
he uses for his apprentice. It is more that we get an insight in to the author
from the way he reacts to and thinks about Dirk as he describes their
misadventures.
Our Dirk is an undemanding
muse. He’s not in it for recognition. He just has these genius ideas for
stories and sequels to stories and, because he has no filter, he blurts them
out, leaving Doc/Dan scrambling to keep up while writing them all down on
whatever writing material he can find.
“…sometimes only
ten words out of a thousand I say make sense. So if you can make sense of it,
more power, dude.”
The Dirkisms, both those shared
by Doc/Dan on Facebook and the ones you’ll find in this book are fun. I thought
about sharing one or two of them here but that would mean having to choose,
pick favourites, and that’s just impossible for me. I’ll say this much though,
if you want to read with a huge grin on your face and happy spreading through
your body, read them these books and the Dirkisms they contain for yourself;
they will, without a doubt, brighten your day.
“He puts both the
whip and snap in whippersnapper.”
My review of The
Misadventures of Doc and Dirk Vol. 1
how absolutely wonderful! smooches
ReplyDeletedan skinner
The same could be say about these books :)
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