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In poetry there are no subjects I wouldn't tackle. I've written about pregnancy through to death, relationships, religion/faith, murder, violence, the dark side/gothic, dreams, justice and nature.
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There must be 1000's of books out there with
the same dreadful cover!
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The few stories I have written always seem to have a sci-fi/supernatural/futuristic slant - not actually in an alien world, more when they visit us. And now I will admit something. Some years ago the
Daily Mail newspaper offered to publish readers books - two copies of the book for something like £19.99. They would not read it, edit or change anything so it would be published as it was sent in. You could add a photo and some blurb. This is vanity publishing, nothing illegal and the Daily Mail were upfront about what was possible and I don't remember there being an offer to buy extra copies. There might have been but I didn't do that. I knew exactly what this was and I also knew that the story I was going to send in was no masterpiece. Even so I decided to edit it but with a deadline before the offer ran out I wondered if I could do it. I did and in fact I ended up with four copies for some reason but I didn't pay extra. This book just served a purpose and I knew what I was doing. I just wanted to see what it would look like to have a book in print. Reading it now (it's from 2005...well the final edit!) I'm embarrassed. If I'd had the time it might have been easier to re-write the whole thing. The idea was good but some of the writing is bad! I think I originally wrote it in the early/mid '80's. Anyway, it was exciting in a self-indulgent way. I still hope to see a book of mine in print but this time I hope it will be poetry......and published through a proper publisher.
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