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Stranglitangly

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, June 22, 2026, In : Biographical 

I'd love to say the words I want are on the tip of my tongue, but they aren't. I've been writing about a steamy jungle, and I feel I've run out of vocabulary to describe the place and its atmosphere. How many ways are there to say 'tangled', 'humid', or 'green'? I feel I've used every one of them at least half a dozen times, which is five times too many.

Resorting to Roget's Thesaurus hasn't helped. I searched under the headings 'jungle', 'foliage', 'tangle', 'greenery' and more, but only one...


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Playing God

Posted by K. S. Dearsley on Monday, September 15, 2025, In : Biographical 
The first time I remember being asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said I wanted to be a vicar. For a child who wasn't particularly religious, it was a strange choice. I don't know now what I thought the job entailed or what attracted me to it, but I pretty soon decided that I'd rather be a ballerina instead. Then I found out that you had to start dance lessons by the time you were seven and wafting around the living room like a cross between a demented pixie and a bulldozer was no s...
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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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