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Daniel Kemp

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Daniel Kemp is now a member of The Society of Authors. His introduction to the world of espionage and mystery happened at an early age when his father was employed by the War Office in Whitehall, London, at the end of WWII. However, it wasn’t until after his father died that he showed any interest in anything other than himself!

On leaving academia he took on many roles in his working life: a London police officer, mini-cab business owner, pub tenant and licensed London taxi driver, but never did he plan to become a writer. Nevertheless, after a road traffic accident left him suffering from PTSD and effectively—out of paid work for four years, he wrote and self-published his first novel —The Desolate Garden. Within three months of publicatio
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Daniel Kemp If I said it was both would that ease your worries or make them worse?
There are two poetic lines written by this man Ajit Rao, that sums it all up.
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If I said it was both would that ease your worries or make them worse?
There are two poetic lines written by this man Ajit Rao, that sums it all up.
A poet I am. A poet I'll die.
If life is an illusion then death is a lie!
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Daniel Kemp I'm very fortunate in being under no pressure to write, that is I have no deadlines that I cannot reach. Therefore I haven't suffered. If I did I woul…moreI'm very fortunate in being under no pressure to write, that is I have no deadlines that I cannot reach. Therefore I haven't suffered. If I did I would write poetry until my mind cleared. (less)
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One In, One Out Of Love

One In, One Out

Of Love

The excitement was overwhelming I was almost losing my grip
It was as if I was clinging to a precipice with my feet about to slip.
The air was becoming oppressive, and my breathing was being cut short.
There had to be an end to this one of us had to call a halt.

Time had run its distance the bell was calling for time
What once was shared by just two was now a pantomime.
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“There is no morality to be found in evil.
But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules of morality.”
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“If one totally accepts reality as being the only physical concept then one is denying the existence of imagination.”
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“There is nothing as stale as an empty mind.”
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“There is no morality to be found in evil.
But to recognise that which is truly evil one must forget the rules of morality.”
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“There is nothing as complicated as the truth”
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“Use a pen to write the story but use your heart to tell the tale.”
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“Let your curiosity be the key to your imagination.”
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