October 2020

Origins of imagination and how it works for my writing

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For as long as I have been a sentient being, I was aware that I tended to live in my head. By that I mean that I can quite happily daydream (occasionally also night-dream) myself into all manner of places and situations, and also place other people and characters in those situations. Like many people diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome, I can, if I am motivated to do so, acquire enormous amounts of quite detailed information […]

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Interview with Rupert Ramsgate – Part 4

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I:  I went back to the Keys to interview Rupert for a second time about the writing process. Since I first interviewed him, some extracts have surfaced on his web site, and he has apparently had a tough-love conversation with his alter ego Belem Knight, and told him, as Rupert sketched in English vernacular, to “get his arse in gear” and write a book instead of doodling on chapters. This time, Rupert had two cats

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Note from Belem – Order from chaos

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After some shaming from Rupert, who said “instead of dicking about with these silly little smut sketches, you should write a fantasy novel”, I decided to see what I had in my sketches project. The answer is: a lot, and not a lot. I reviewed the sketch collection, to see what basis there is a for a novel. On some fronts I was surprised. I do have a sort of plot arc, and there are

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Update from Rupert

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The blog has been quiet for several weeks, as I have been working hard on two fronts. One is this pesky day job, which pays the bills. The other is recovering from minor surgery. That part is almost complete. The day job continues until I strike it rich with authoring or until my retirement piggy becomes large enough. I have been working on updates to the first Book of Loukas, and also sketching out chapters

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