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I am a graduate of the University of Kentucky Honors Program and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. My degree is in creative writing and the core courses were structured around classes taught by Wendell Berry. I am the author of "The Remembered Self: A Journey into the Heart of the Beast", a chilling, horror filled memoir written in novel form. I am currently working on a romance based on a fictional story about a woman with dissociative memory disorder who disrupts the lives of two powerful men who seek to unlock the mystery of her lapses in memory. "Fulcrum of Desire" is in the works and I am being drawn deeply into the story, which is graphic and features a rich husband and a soldier. The rich husband has a secret. I love to read and review boo ...more

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Hi, MJ! A two-part question for you: 1) What was the most difficult aspect of writing The Remembered Self for you? 2) You're now writing a novel. How does this experience compare with writing your earlier book?

M.J. Payne Hi Michael! The most difficult aspects of writing "The Remembered Self" were dealing with the graphic subject matter, and pushing myself everyday past…moreHi Michael! The most difficult aspects of writing "The Remembered Self" were dealing with the graphic subject matter, and pushing myself everyday past what was any kind of comfortable amount of writing to get the book written within the time frame I had. Since the book is a horror memoir and it happened to me I was also re-experiencing taboo subject matter as well. It is written in first person present so there was no squirming around to avoid it. I was working seven days a week on it so it was basically write all day and drop into bed after dinner and drinks. The novel I'm writing now, "Fulcrum of Desire" deals only with adults and has a romance component that is hot and loving, and also adult erotic content that is just that, for adults. It is also an intense book dealing with serious topics but there is some bling and ritzy fun stuff in the plot. It is easier on me in that I have more time at the moment and the plot is less complex technically because I am not using children as characters. I would call it a psychological erotic romance with powerful men and beautiful, troubled women. It's haunting and has a heroic Doberman in it that I am having a lot of fun with along with my fantasy characters! (less)

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M.J. Payne I enjoy crafting words and that is a satisfaction in itself. I would write whether I published things or not. Keeping a journal is good to remind myse…moreI enjoy crafting words and that is a satisfaction in itself. I would write whether I published things or not. Keeping a journal is good to remind myself of important times and it is also a good and fertile place to collect descriptions that I later use. (less)

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I can never get comfortable with the issue of abortion. Part of me screams it is genocide. Silent genocide with so many babies aborted and some at such late term. Then I remember that my own great grandmother aborted her fourth child because her husband was out of work and they were barely making it. He had been working despite a strike in force by the work Read more of this blog post »

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