Rupert is always on at me about getting off my posterior and, instead of merely writing sketches and short filth stories, to get my teeth into something more substantial. So, in the interests of shutting him up, I am now seriously working on a fantasy novel. I noted that many authors refuse to be at all bounded by reality when writing smut, so what the hell…I can certainly disappear into the world of fantasy if […]
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We are deep into what I believe is the most important electoral cycle of my lifetime. Unsurprisingly, a lot of people are engaged, fired up and motivated in all sorts of ways. I am seeing this on my Twitter account, where people who self-identify as writers are posting tangentially or directly political tweets. This, of course, leads to a spectrum of reactions from “nah, not my scene” to “HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT ABOUT MY
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From time to time, I find myself reading books that, for whatever reason, lack interest and stop engaging me. One particular type of book where this happens is autobiographies. There are a number of interlocking reasons why this can be true: The person in question is writing a hagiography, and therefore it is all “I am great and I did this” content, with nothing remotely complete, rounded, or informative about their life The person does
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One of the interesting aspects of writing fiction is that, unless you decide to use existing locations, you have to invent stuff. For Books of Loukas, I decided fairly early on that although the locations would bear more than a passing resemblance to places I have visited or which I know about, I would not, except in the broadest geographical sense, use real places. Instead I would invent places, although I wanted them to be
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I thought I would share my thought process behind the working cover for a novelette that I (Belem, not that staid and more conventional Rupert guy) wrote over the Christmas period. Synopsis: Nikki is invited to a very different type of Christmas party where she and her friend Carole, among other people, will be the Christmas gifts, to be presented to other party guests for their delectation and delight. The photo: I purchased this from
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