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Feeling Bereft

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I feel bereft. Since December 2012 I’ve been working on my story, Samantha and yesterday (20 February) I completed the manuscript. For several months Samantha and the other people in my book have been my more or less constant companions. While walking to the station to take the train into work my mind has been busy thinking about the storyline and rehearsing dialogues. Suddenly all that is over, ends have been tied up and the story put to bed.

 

Since December the actors in Samantha have become real to me, they have lived in my brain and become part of my life. At a fundamental level I know that the persons in Samantha are mere figments of my imagination, however to write convincingly one must believe in the people you create, they do at some level take on a life of their own. When Sam is abused by her brutal pimp it is a mere will of the wisp, a nothing which suffers. Sam does however represent those who are forced into the sex industry against their will and, as such she is real. Her pain represents the suffering of actual sex workers who have been compelled to become prostitutes so, at another level Sam does, most definitely exist.

 

I said at the start of this post that Samantha has been completed. This is not quite correct. While Samantha exists in draft form on my blog (http://newauthoronline.com/2013/02/20/samantha-part-16/), It is my intention to edit the book with the view to publishing my manuscript as an ebook. During this process changes will be made although the fundamentals of the story will remain the same.

I Don’t Like Your Book

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I write because I believe that I have something to say. Also I write because I must. I have an itch which must be scratched. Human nature being what it is I hope that people will enjoy my writing and I’m thrilled when they do so. However not everyone likes what I write. I sent a gentleman of my acquaintance a complimentary copy of my collection of short stories, The First Time (at his request I should add). About a week later I bumped into my acquaintance in the street and he remarked that while he had liked the first part of The First Time he’d found the rest “not to my taste”.

To put my acquaintence’s comments into context it is necessary to know a little about The First Time. The main story, The First Time relates  how Becky, a graduate with a first class degree in English literature enters the world of prostitution, as an escort in order to clear her debts. The book deals with the physical and emotional effects of working as a prostitute on both Becky and her fellow escort and friend Julie. In The First Time a tragedy befalls one of the girls and it is this which made the gentleman of my acquaintance remark that the story was not to “my taste”.

At one level I am sorry that my acquaintance did not find The First Time to his “taste”. As I said at the beginning of this post I hope that people will derive pleasure from my writing and being only human it gives me satisfaction when my work is praised. However I can not change my stories to please the gentlemen of my acquaintance or anyone else. In the real world as opposed to the world of fairy tales people do not always “live happily ever after” and The First Time reflects this truth. I wrote what I believe to be an accurate portrayal of the world of prostitution not a fairy story. Consequently while I am sorry that some will find The First Time not to their “taste” I’m pleased that others have understood it and derived enjoyment from the story.

I will continue to write as I do. I can do nothing else.

For the First Time by Kevin Morris please visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-First-Time-ebook/dp/B00AIK0DD6

The First Time by Kevin Morris can be bought on Amazon for £0,77

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My collection of short stories, The First Time is available from Amazon for £0,77 (it usually retails on Amazon at a cost of £1,53). In this collection of short stories I explore why young women enter the world of prostitution while other stories look at what happens when the worlds of sex and technology collide.
In “The First Time”, the first story in this collection, we meet Becky a young graduate who enters the world of prostitution in order to clear her debts. The story looks at the effects of prostitution on Becky and her fellow escort and friend Julie. In “The Pain Behind the Smile” Issie presents her friend, Peter with a birthday cake, however things are not what they seem.
In “Lucy” the acquaintances of a crusty old bachelor speculate how he could attract and retain the affections of a beautiful young woman. As with “The Pain Behind the Smile” things are far from what they seem.
“Hemlock” explores what happens when machines attain the capacity to appreciate high culture. The story is both humorous and deeply serious.

For The First Time by Kevin Morris please visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-First-Time-ebook/dp/B00AIK0DD6/ref=dp_return_2?ie=UTF8&n=341677031&s=digital-text

 

Book Review: In Her Own Words .. Interview With A London Call Girl by Ruth Jacobs

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Yesterday I read  “In Her Own Words .. Interview With A London Call Girl”, by Ruth Jacobs. You can find my review here http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B008OALF4S/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_four/280-6753202-9043007?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addFourStar&showViewpoints=0. To purchase the book please visit http://www.amazon.co.uk/Words-Interview-London-Destruction-ebook/dp/B008OALF4S/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top.

Samantha and the city of Liverpool (1)

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My novel in progress, Samantha tells the story of a young girl forced into prostitution by her brutal pimp Barry and is set against the backdrop of Liverpool. The city of Liverpool has a special place in my affections as I was born and spent my formative years there.

Many of the places mentioned in Samantha exist which does, I believe lend authenticity to the story. Sam’s first proper date with Peter, the man with whom she is falling in love begins in the Walled Garden a tranquil spot situated in Woolton Woods. The woods are located in the village of Woolton (Woolton forms one of Liverpool’s suburbs). It is autumn and the peace and tranquillity of the autumnal woods contrast sharply with Sam’s tortured mental state. She finds solace in the beauties of the Walled Garden and in the company of Peter, she is, however acutely conscious of her life as a prostitute which Sam conceals from Peter.

The lovely woods and garden seem worlds away from Sam’s encounter during the early hours of Saturday morning with Nick a man whom she is forced to have sex with by Barry. Beauty and ugliness exist side by side but while Peter can see only the beauties of the autum woods and his girlfriend, Sam, on the other hand knows only to well that corruption and beauty can exist (often unperceived) side by side.

 

For my online novel, Samantha please visit https://newauthoronline.wordpress.com/2013/01/05/samantha-part-10/. Part 10 links back to previous chapters.

For information on Woolton Woods and the Walled Garden please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolton_Woods_and_Camphill.

The First Time by Kevin Morris availible free from 7-14 January

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I am giving away free copies of my ebook, The First Time, by Kevin Morris. The giveaway ends at midnight (UK time) on Monday 14 January 2013. In order to obtain your free copy of The First Time please send an e-mail to drewdog 2060 @ Tiscali.co.uk (the address is rendered in this manner in order to try and defeat spammers).

In this collection of short stories I examine what causes young women to enter prostitution. In The First Time, the first story in this collection we meet Becky, a young graduate who becomes an escort in order to clear her debts. Other stories look at what happens when machines attain human-level intelligence.

The First Time by Kevin Morris now availible in German

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I don’t speak German however for those of you who do I am pleased to announce that my book, The First Time, by Kevin Morris is available in German (please see http://www.amazon.de/The-First-Time-ebook/dp/B00AIK0DD6).

 

In the first story in this collection, The First Time we meet Becky a young graduate who enters the world of prostitution, as a professional escort in order to clear her debts. The story examines the effects of Becky’s decision on her and her fellow escort and friend Julie. In other stories I explore what happens when machines attain human-level intelligence.

To purchase a copy of the First Time please visit the above link.

Mind Your Language

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I have an intense dislike of foul language. To me the casual use of swear words conveys that the person indulging in such behaviour  is either immature or possesses an extremely limited vocabulary and can not comprehend how to express themselves other than by swearing. Of course I am no plaster saint. I do, on occasions swear, however my use of four letter words is, almost always confined to instances such as when I stub my toe painfully on furniture and is, almost always an involuntary response to acute pain.

While I loathe the unthinking use of foul language for the reasons set out above, characters in my most recent collection of short stories, The First Time do use language which I, personally find offensive. However the employment of foul language is an integral part of that characters response to an extreme and highly stressful situation. For me to avoid the use of such language because I find it offensive would be a betrayal of literary integrity, it simply wouldn’t represent a credible response by the people in The First Time to the circumstances which confront them. For example take the following passage from The First Time in which Julie, a prostitute is faced by a client who is determined to have unprotected sex with her despite Julie’s determination that the man must use a condom

“The client rolled on top of Julie and opening her legs thrust forward attempting to penetrate her. “What the hell are you doing? I don’t have unprotected

sex” Julie yelled pulling away from him. “I’m clean, I don’t have anything”! “”Either we use a Durex or I’m out of here”! The man swore vilently but submitted

as Julie rolled a condom down over his erect penis. He mounted her and began to hump away.

 

Some sixth sense told Julie that something was not quite right. She could feel the guy’s hand fiddling around with the condom. “What the fuck do you think

you are doing?!” Julie jerked her body away but she was to late. The client shot inside her leaving the condom lying like a deflated balloon on the matress.

“You selfish bastard, what the hell do you think you are doing”. “you’ve been paid now just fuck off out of my flat”.

For Julie to have said “excuse me but would you mind terribly using a condom as it will protect both you and I” rather than reacting as she does in the above passage would not be credible. In fact it would be risible. No, Julie’s response is authentic in that it is how one would expect a sex worker to react given the same set of circumstances. The language employed by prostitutes and their customers is often peppered with four letter words. Clients do not say “Can I make love to you?” they are more likely to say as nick, a minor character in my online novel, Samantha says, “I want to fuck”. Nick’s desire for sex is wholly unconnected with tenderness or love, consequently it would not be in character for him to say “I want to make love”.

In summary the casual use of foul language merely as a means to shock is to be deplored, however its employment in the context of literary integrity can (and should) be vigorously defended.

(to purchase The First Time by Kevin Morris please visit the Kindle Store on amazon.co.uk or amazon.com).