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Rex Sumner

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in Semarang, Indonesia

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance

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Rex is English, but was born in Java, Indonesia and has spent many years in the Far East. He speaks Indonesian and Malay, with a smattering of other languages.
He has had an interesting life - as a youngster worked his passage on a container ship to Australia where he worked as a cowboy, gold-miner, door-to-door salesman and fruit-picker, before switching from Zoology to the Army to study at Sandhurst.
He saw active service in Northern Ireland and was Logistics Officer for Operation Drake in Indonesia. A country manager for an international tobacco trader at 25, he spent two years during the Cold War with MI6 before returning to the UK where he and his wife raised his two sons while working in marketing and publishing, with forays into NLP an ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Rex Sumner I don't really understand what it is. I have a story to tell, and work on the story. Each scene throws up more opportunities and potential lines, so i…moreI don't really understand what it is. I have a story to tell, and work on the story. Each scene throws up more opportunities and potential lines, so it is more a question of pruning.
I will go over a scene in my head several times, from several different viewpoints. Then I sit down and write it, and something completely different comes out!
On one occasion I did have an issue. I planed to write a lesbian scene, and found I couldn't do it. The very idea of interviewing young girls for the background filled me with horror, so I ended up changing the scene to a manner in which I could write it. I am always challenging myself with my writing, trying to see things from different viewpoints, so I am sure I will have this issue again.(less)

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	In Search of Spice 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2015 — 3 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
	Mistress of the King (The Making of Suzanne Book 1) 3.58 avg rating — 19 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
	Feeding the Dragon 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2014	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
	Thief in the Night 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Wagon Master really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	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
	In Search of Spice preview: The Voyage of the Queen Rose (The Conquest of Hind Book 1) 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 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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	Mistress of the Gods (The Making of Suzanne Book 2) 1.50 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