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Today only, the first volume of my book, Erotic Romances, is available for free on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Erotic-Romances-volume-1-ebook/dp/B0086VUOWY/ref=la_B0086G87D2_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1338551679&sr=1-2
"Erotic Romances volume one is the first installment of short stories of the notorious internet writer Lord Malinov (aka David Cain). Written with literary aspirations, these stories of adult sexual relationships are light and engaging and arousingly adult, with a wide range of characters, situations and styles. The 126 naughty stories range from thoughtful, funny, sentimental and strange. Easy to read, poetic and charming, the Erotic
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0085BQ7P8
Erotic Romances - my book of erotic stories - now available on Amazon!
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bad poetics
"A cold, dark winter's night"
This phrase has become, for me, an excellent example of bad poetics because of the redundancy in the language. Winter implies cold. Night implies dark. Poetry is an art of economy. Saying the same thing twice is bad poetry.
"A warm, bright winter's night," on the other hand, would be good poetry. Meaning arises from the tension in the language.
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The key, if there is a key, to me is repetition.
Some people, so I am told, read by going methodically through every word of a writing. Presumably one at a time, in the order they appear on the page. To me, this is pure foolishness. The essence of reading is non-linear. Words are gathered like wild-flowers in bunches, some from over here, some from over there, assembled in a bouquet as the context is left behind.
If done once, this method is madness. What chance is there of getting the point of a story if I'm just haphazardly grabbing words from yon and hither. None is the chance. But, to me, reading through things once is the flaw in any r
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