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Poet of the Day

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, April 7, 2014, In : Inspiration 
The literary world is currently celebrating the centenary of William Stafford. This remarkable man wrote a poem every day for more than four decades, including the day he died. Even if a proportion of his prodigious output was duds, his discipline meant that over his life he published more than 22,000 poems in 65 volumes of poetry and prose. 
I'd be happy if I could keep up that regime for even a year. That would be 365 poems instead of my usual handful. As it is, I struggle to create a tweet...
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Bunking Off

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Sunday, August 19, 2012,
When you have to juggle writing with a day job it can be hard to find time to focus.  I've often seen it recommended that you should turn down invitations and become a virtual recluse if that's the only way you can make time to write.  
Of course, you need to be disciplined, but if you shut yourself off from the world you lose touch with it.  Not only do you risk forgetting how to make conversation (and therefore how to write dialogue), but you can all too easily lose perspective.  If nothing...
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My writing career began as a freelance feature writer for the local press, businesses and organisations. Now a prize-winning playwright and short story writer, my work has appeared in numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic. I write as K. S. Dearsley because it saves having to keep repeating my forename, and specialise in fantasy and other speculative genres.

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