Gnosis

I am, by trade (and soon by profession), an author. I write on all subjects that appease to me, from Theology to Music in films. I also write fiction, primarily fantasy and science-fiction, but I occasionally dabble in that which one could call 'realism.'

As a writer, it is my job to know everything, from Cell Biology to Animal Huisbandry to Quantam Physics. Writing, at its core, is the presentation of knowledge. Good writing is the presentation of knowledge in new and fitting combinations.

The difference between a good book and a great book, particularly in the are of scholarly works, depends on the outside knowledge of the author. When a book only speaks on its subject, it is generally very boring, though likely informative. A book with tangents (they must be logical and brief) is far more interesting, for it engages the very nature of the mind and of knowing.

We have it in ourselves to learn all we can (that doesn't really mean anything, when you think about it), and we have the obligation to use it. All the knowledge in the world could not do anything without the will to drive it to an end.