About
Glen Sayers writes from Johannesburg. The work sits where markets, human relationships, and literature meet, on the view that none of the three can be understood without the other two.
My story begins with understanding that there is a monster inside us all. We have flaws that trip us up as we journey forwards, and often our own greatest enemy.
I began writing to deal with that enemy, and learnt that writing well required acknowledging the darker parts of myself.
Confronting pain builds strength, accepting wrongdoings builds humility, and learning to forgive yourself and others builds kindness. The same is true for characters in stories.
Strength can be literal, and drive the body to fight against justice; to cleave through the opposition and lead.
There are other forms of strength. The kind required to exersize patience, restraint, and compassion. This is the strength needed to heal, to give, and to understand others.
Joy takes strength. One form of strength often overlooked exists in those of us who know how to celebrate, laugh, and enjoy the compnay of others even when despair seems all there is.
I have needed others to lead the way, others to heal me, and friends to laugh with when everything seemed grey. I am stubborn, idealistic, and ambitious, and would have worked myself into an early grave without their support. Thank you to my friends and my family.
The writing itself is a product of wrestling with myself and others to learn how to forgive, move forwards, and build the strength to persist in the face of surmounting odds, and in the final anlaysis leave this world slightly better than I found it.
Where to start
The writings are a collection of fiction and non-fiction.
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