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There be good reviews, and there be bad – Jonathan K Benton
There be good reviews, and there be bad, as the pirates would say. A critical review from someone who didn’t like your work is still a good review – carefully considered criticism can be extremely useful. I learn from some …
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Queen, writing and a kind of magic – Jonathan K Benton
I was watching a documentary about Queen and realised that parallels can be drawn between a super group and a great book. Each member of Queen brought their own unique elements to the mix, that when combined, clicked to make …
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Tagged #yafantasy, getting published, Jonathan K Benton
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Two more P’s and a progress update – Jonathan K Benton
Halfway through the year, and I’m about to start writing the climax to my new novel. It’s Part One of a young adult fantasy trilogy and should be finished by January 2014. I’ve spent the last nine months polishing the …
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Tagged #yafantasy, Jonathan K Benton, young adult
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A Tale of Two Presidents – Jonathan K Benton
A Tale of Two Presidents It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the age of life-saving medical advancement, it was the age of life-taking weapons of mass destruction; it was the spring of …
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Tagged #yafantasy, a better future, a better world, Jonathan K Benton
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2014 – the year we woke. Philosophy is inspiring!
I believe that most people are good. If the reverse is true then humanity is in a whole lot of trouble. Being good doesn’t mean being perfect. We are all capable of behaving selfishly – perfection is mostly subjective anyway. …
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Tagged #yafantasy, a better world, A Wicked Kind Of Dark, Jonathan K Benton
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It’s personal – the music that changed me. Jonathan K Benton
Music has always played (excuse the pun) a massive part in my life. I love how it makes me feel, what it means to me, its magic and its power. I listen to all genres, everything from the soaring rock …
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Tagged #yafantasy, A Wicked Kind Of Dark, Jonathan K Benton, young adult
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The map makers got it wrong! – A Wicked Kind of Dark
Minaea is a difficult world to map – the constantly changing Outerlands need to be updated on a daily basis. They are as abstract and eclectic as the imagination itself. The more earthly familiar Corelands and Borderlands can be mapped; …
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A Wicked Kind of Dark – Fairytales are not all petticoats and pixies
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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