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A Wicked Kind of Dark – Fairytales are not all petticoats and pixies

Posted on April 24, 2013 by jonathan

Always where light shines brightest, the darkness is most pitch. It is in these extremes, real and imagined, that our greatest stories unfold, and heroes stand tallest.   We see it in Wuthering Heights, when Heathcliff recognises in Hareton echoes …
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Things we do to amuse ourselves

Posted on April 18, 2013 by jonathan

I use dialogue from movies in everyday situations – the people I am talking to usually have no idea. They just think I’m odd. I sometimes need to adapt the quote to suit the conversation. Here’s a list of my …
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USA – Thanking you – Jonathan K Benton

Posted on April 11, 2013 by jonathan

I like America. It brought me Star Wars and Forest Gump. I want to hire a 1958 red and white Plymouth Fury, call it Christine, and drive Route 66 staying at dilapidated motels with flickering neon lights owned by cross-dressing …
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Practicing Prose – Jonathan Benton

Posted on April 6, 2013 by jonathan

I’d like to write a fantasy novel inspired by music – I have an idea but it requires some developing. The challenge is translating something as abstract as music into words. There’s no point writing a novel about music without …
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Jonathan Benton – Making Scents of Christmas

Posted on March 31, 2013 by jonathan

This piece relates to my previous blog: ‘Writing when you haven’t got anything to write about’. I used to write poems in my spare time. Often just for a laugh. I wrote the following poem for my niece and nephew many moons …
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Writing when you haven’t got anything to write about – Jonathan Benton

Posted on March 28, 2013 by jonathan

Winston Churchill is responsible for one of my favourite quotes: ‘If you’re going through hell, keep going’. Never, ever give up. The same is true with writing. Sometimes I sit staring at the computer and words refuse to flow – …
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On writing A Wicked Kind of Dark – Jonathan K Benton

Posted on March 24, 2013 by jonathan

A Wicked Kind of Dark began with an idea – a ‘what if’. For me it was a powerful ‘what if’ that needed to be developed. Like all good ‘what ifs’, it wouldn’t let me go, and a story grew around it. …
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Jonathan K Benton – Storm Clouds

Posted on March 21, 2013 by jonathan

Too often religion is blamed for causing war. I’m not a psychologist, but that argument is another example of people not taking ownership of the problem. Humans cause war. Pure and simple. If religion didn’t exist we’d find something else to hide behind while …
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Jonathan K Benton – On books

Posted on March 17, 2013 by jonathan

Life is chaotic, which is not a bad thing. It just means there are infinite possibilities, lots of potential. It also means don’t ever give up. There might be something incredible waiting for you centimetres (or inches) down your timeline. …
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Jonathan K Benton – Ranking Movies

Posted on March 10, 2013 by jonathan

Time wasters: these films owe us all an apology. The only good thing about time wasters, is that they are utterly forgettable. They fill up the empty spaces in DVD stores, preying on the indecisive (and occasionally adventurous) consumer.   …
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