Communication...

Well, I have had my fling with fiction - short stories, novellas and, finally, two full-size novels. In all of these I was trying to communicate rather than to entertain, to somehow get across the most important lessons I have learnt in a long and adventurous life. I have now realized that trying to do it with fiction isn't the most efficient way to go about it. Most readers want to be entertained rather than 'preached' at and I can't blame them.

So, after this detour on fiction-land I'll go back doing what I began with: write about science to illustrate how we go about critical thinking and write poetry to illustrate how things affect us beyond our defenses. It may not work as I am hoping it might, but it will be a LOT less work, for sure.
At my age, less work is definitely a desirable goal.