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Jasper Kent
Hi Jon,
Sorry, it's all gone quiet on this front at the moment. Still hoping.
All best,
Jasper.
Sorry, it's all gone quiet on this front at the moment. Still hoping.
All best,
Jasper.
Jasper Kent
Hi Kevin,
Got a couple in the pipeline. One is THE UNSHRIVEN - a supernatural horror set in New York City in the 1870s. The other as THE SISTERS' CHILDREN - a black magic story set in modern England.
Both currently looking for a publisher - fingers crossed!
All best,
Jasper.
Got a couple in the pipeline. One is THE UNSHRIVEN - a supernatural horror set in New York City in the 1870s. The other as THE SISTERS' CHILDREN - a black magic story set in modern England.
Both currently looking for a publisher - fingers crossed!
All best,
Jasper.
Jasper Kent
Ah! I remember it well from my youth.
As for it's accuracy, it gets the basic idea across pretty well. Rasputin certainly did have many lovers, though it's a matter of debate as to whether the tsaritsa was actually one of them. In describing the monk's murder, the lyrics actually understate how difficult he was to kill.
The main problem is that omits the main reason that Rasputin became so influential. The tsarevich, Alexis, heir to the throne, suffered from haemophilia. Rasputin was a mystic healer and it was believed - particularity by the tsaritsa - that he was able to at least partially cure the boy. It was this, rather than his sexuality, that gave him such power in Russia.
As for it's accuracy, it gets the basic idea across pretty well. Rasputin certainly did have many lovers, though it's a matter of debate as to whether the tsaritsa was actually one of them. In describing the monk's murder, the lyrics actually understate how difficult he was to kill.
The main problem is that omits the main reason that Rasputin became so influential. The tsarevich, Alexis, heir to the throne, suffered from haemophilia. Rasputin was a mystic healer and it was believed - particularity by the tsaritsa - that he was able to at least partially cure the boy. It was this, rather than his sexuality, that gave him such power in Russia.
Jasper Kent
THE LAST RITE is the fifth and final book of a quintet. That means that by now most of the inspiration comes from the previous four books. Plot threads that I've been developing for a long time and ideas that I introduced several books back now come to inevitable fruition.
It's the next book that I'll need new ideas for
It's the next book that I'll need new ideas for
Jasper Kent
To actually write - rather than plan and research?
The main inspiration is not delay writing. When I reach the point where I think I'm ready to start typing, I give it a few more weeks. That means both that the planning is a bit more polished and that when I start writing I'm really looking forward to it.
The main inspiration is not delay writing. When I reach the point where I think I'm ready to start typing, I give it a few more weeks. That means both that the planning is a bit more polished and that when I start writing I'm really looking forward to it.
Jasper Kent
Final edits on THE LAST RITE, the final book of THE DANILOV QUINTET. Research into black magic for a new series of books.
Jasper Kent
Write.
(Apparently that's too short an answer, but there's no clearer way to express it.)
(Apparently that's too short an answer, but there's no clearer way to express it.)
Jasper Kent
Getting to read lots of books for research and knowing that you're doing it for work, not just for fun.
Jasper Kent
Without wanting to tempt fate, I'm not sure I've ever suffered it. I do a large amount of planning up front, so when I'm actually writing I always know - to the level of a scene - what should be coming next.
That's not to say that during the planning process I don't sometimes find myself stumped for an idea, but at that stage I'm not pressurizing myself. Those ideas tend to come when you're doing something else.
Occasionally during the actual writing I find myself with really no idea how to express the scene I'm supposed to be writing, but I find then the best approach is just to press on. I write something for the scene so that I can move on to the next one, which hopefully will be easier. Then I can fix the tricky scene during rewrites.
That's not to say that during the planning process I don't sometimes find myself stumped for an idea, but at that stage I'm not pressurizing myself. Those ideas tend to come when you're doing something else.
Occasionally during the actual writing I find myself with really no idea how to express the scene I'm supposed to be writing, but I find then the best approach is just to press on. I write something for the scene so that I can move on to the next one, which hopefully will be easier. Then I can fix the tricky scene during rewrites.
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Take care,
Jon
Jul 28, 2023 08:58PM · flag