When I write something which "works" like the leprechaun story I posted some time back, it has accessed something which I think of as the "dark side" of me, something buried, which I cannot, and do not wish to access any other way. It is quite distinct from the nasty side of me, the side of me which wishes wrong, and would do wrong if it could (and sometimes does, when I won't let someone ease into the traffic because I'm in a bad mood). I could be as ugly as a Sheela-na-gig over some people I know of who have ruined the lives of people I care for. That does not produce anything good.

So I agree with Sharon Stone in one way, but also with Bert. That dark has to be under some sort of control.

Penny