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“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.” - William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Payne’s gray, cold gray, pewter, silver, warm gray. Bronze, brown ochre, burnt... Continue Reading →
I'm not a fan of identity politics. I won't play that game. When I'm asked to submit work as a 'woman writer' I'm more likely to walk away silently. Either I'm a writer, or not. The fact that I'm female has absolutely nothing to do with it, and I refuse to be given a stepstool... Continue Reading →
I said last week and Sarah said the other day that stories and how they work are central to who we are. In a lot of ways, the stories we tell each other and ourselves are our culture. They're how culture was transmitted until very recently, and how an awful lot of culture is still... Continue Reading →
by Kate Paulk Not that I'm in the least opinionated, but I think that putting pieces together into the whole is one of the writer's tools that needs a lot more focus. Why? Well, even though a book can stand, and even succeed, with a major weakness somewhere, unless the author does something about that... Continue Reading →
This is the cover of book three of my new trilogy The Outcast Chronicles. With thanks to Clint Langley the artist and Solaris, the publisher! I'm on the home stretch now, cleaning up book three ready to send to the publisher. Yesterday I was working on a scene when I realised I needed to add... Continue Reading →
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