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Here's some #WriterThoughts that I wonder how many fellow #writers & #authors out in the Fediverse will share (I say as if my posts on any platform at all has ever reached a large amount of people). I've been reading and thoroughly enjoying #Spellbreaker by Charlie N. Holmberg and finished it today. I'd very much recommend it. I promptly purchased the second one after reading, but I was bothered by the start of the acknowledgments section at the end. It starts off with a basic "I'm gonna thank people here," message, then, "First, God." Maybe it's just the #Atheist and #Humanist in me, but it feels like the equivalent of someone going through a risky surgery, coming out well because of all the hard work of the doctors and nurses involved, and turning around and thanking an outside force first and foremost when there are all these great people at hand that studied and did their best to accomplish what needed to be done. Just thought I'd share my thought with the void and #bookstodon .
I'm not saying people can't thank their higher power, whether it be Jehova, Kvasir, or Meraki, I'm just wishing people were quicker to thank and cherish the fellow humans that help make everything we do possible, whether it's the medical or scientific communities, or the #Community we lay nestled in that helps support our growth.
@EvanderLFragoso
I always thank real people for their help in things, but then like you, I'm an #atheist, and a #humanist.
@ArabellaLovejoy That's fantastic to hear. Have you seen lots of "higher being" thank you's from authors in books you've read? I'm just curious. I haven't come across a lot, especially not right up front in the acknowledgements, but I also feel like I haven't read enough books from a wide variety of authors.
@EvanderLFragoso
To be fair, I have not, but a lot of what I read is written by non religious authors, Terry Pratchett, A. C. Greyling, and the like. I have seen some acknowledge deities, it doesn't stop me reading a well written book, but it does make me wonder why they don't think they could do it "on their own."