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When not crouched away in dark coffeehouses or jazz clubs, Paul productively contributes to society in the guise of a consultant and corporate serf, specializing in technology and software development.

In sharp contrast, his restless imagination and background in literature and linguistics draws him to more creative pursuits. His primary influences include Lovecraft, Herbert, Orwell, Faulkner, Pynchon, Coleridge, Tennyson, Baudelaire, Thucydides, Herodotus (of Halicarnassus) with an honorable mention to Sophocles without whom he would not know what to call the Sophoclean Hero.

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As a young adult reader, which authors or titles left an impression on you which you can recognize influencing your adult reading and/or writing?

Paul Boulet I’ll keep it short as I could go on & on. I didn’t really lean to love reading until junior high but when I did I dove in full-throttle; novels, short…moreI’ll keep it short as I could go on & on. I didn’t really lean to love reading until junior high but when I did I dove in full-throttle; novels, short stories, personal letters, everything. I have a very vivid memory of finding a book of Native American lore at a yard sale and devouring every story. I still love everything related to myth across the landscape of ancient & modern religion. My father influenced me to read sci-fi classics; Asimov, Clarke, Niven, Heinlein but it really culminated when I started reading anything and everything written by Frank Herbert. Of course, Dune is the novel series that immediately comes to mind but the Worship and Consentiency novels are also great reading. Yet, while at university, my appetite for literature evolved moving me toward Orwell, Vonnegut, Faulkner and on & on. Now it’s hard to tell as all this has all merged together internally. Is that the answer you were looking for? And, thanks for asking.(less)

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Paul Boulet I’ve never really experienced writers’ block as much as “dissatisfaction block.” I sincerely thank William Gibson so is credited as saying, “You must …moreI’ve never really experienced writers’ block as much as “dissatisfaction block.” I sincerely thank William Gibson so is credited as saying, “You must learn to overcome your very natural and appropriate revulsion for your own work.” I find this very freeing when at the stage where I’m pouring a concept from head to keyboard. That flows nicely into the phase where I experience the revulsion of endless iterative rewrites. Somewhere thereafter lies the overcoming stage when I surmount the block and move on to the next passage. It seems like I always have concepts offering plenty of new opportunities to overcome.(less)

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	A Clockwork Orchard: Rivets & Rain by T.W. Brown (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Seese (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dorothy Reede (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Serial Murders of Mars by Paul Boulet (Goodreads Author), Hailey Dean (Editor), Jessica Lami (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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