Edith had had a strange dream involving sea kelp. In her dreams she was quite sure she knew what sea kelp was; she was an expert. She’d been given a lesson…
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I often wonder when I’m creating characters how much they are related to myself; how much they are kin or palimpsets of myself in various guises, my relations?
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A little cameo to secure relationships between character, because in life we also require a little time to get to know one another and sometimes it can be as minor as plumping up the cushions for someone to sit on…
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I have been practising merging voices, layering, echoing, and layering again. In life we are all subject to the rumours of existence. It’s a miracle that any of us believes the other still exists…
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She wanted to borrow someone to locate herself and Greta was flimsy enough, that’s the cruel fact. Greta hadn’t enough of herself to go around…
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A thought on character building which arose from this phrase I can’t get out of my head: ‘Mary is a composite character.’ It is from a book I am writing. I like to call it ‘a book’ because it sounds better. ‘Manuscript’ is too medieval. Likely to be lost or burned…
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