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Home Thoughts

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Saturday, June 30, 2018, In : Inspiration 
I've just spent some time in beautiful Verona. The home of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and his Two Gentlemen of Verona, it would be a poor writer who didn't find some inspiration in this city. So why, you might wonder, didn't I post a stream of Facebook bulletins and tweets while I was out there?
    The problem with being a writer is that you can't even leave a note for the milkman without wanting it to be well written. 'No milk today' might suffice for some, but what about the back stor...
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Happy Holidays–Happy Reading

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Saturday, July 1, 2017, In : Coming Soon 
Do writers ever really take a holiday? I recently spend a week on Rhodes. It's a beautiful island with something for everyone whether they prefer the beach or mountains, wild forests or orderly olive groves and vineyards, ancient ruins or nightclubs. While I had a wonderful time, there was a part of my brain that never switched off. Whatever I saw or did, I wanted a better record of it than a photo. That's why I always carry a notebook with me on holiday. A snapshot can give you a flat visual...
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A Room with a Different View

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, July 14, 2014, In : Inspiration 
When you go on holiday, it isn't unusual to see people taking photo after photo, barely taking the time to focus. In fact, they're so intent on getting the shot that they don't even really look at the things they're taking photos of. When they look at them afterwards they probably have trouble remembering that they were there.
Writers are always told to carry a notebook with them, and I second that, but there's a danger of becoming like those photographers. Somehow a balance needs to be found...
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Home Again

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, August 5, 2013,
I'm back. I've been to Vienna for three days, followed by three days in Budapest and I'm just about recovering from the heat, which was in the mid 30s or higher most of the time. It was far too hot to wander around on the sunny side of the street, so while I was sitting outside bistros with something cold and non-alcoholic in a glass (alcohol and high temperatures just don't suit me), I had plenty of opportunity to people watch and to write about anything I had seen or done and my impressions...
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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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