{"id":1546,"date":"2011-11-08T00:15:18","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T22:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/?p=1546"},"modified":"2011-11-06T21:59:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-06T19:59:49","slug":"writers-cornered-lynne-jamneck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/2011\/11\/08\/writers-cornered-lynne-jamneck\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Cornered: Lynne Jamneck"},"content":{"rendered":"

interview by Joe Vaz
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\nFrom Issue 14 (Oct 2011)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Where is home?<\/em><\/strong>
\nI used to think South Africa, where I was born. After eight years in New Zealand, I started thinking that maybe this was my home now. Anyone who has lived in different countries for extended periods will tell you what a weird space it is to occupy. These days I just tend to think that “home” is wherever I happen to be.<\/p>\n

Are you a full-time writer? <\/em><\/strong>
\nNo. I am writing a Masters thesis in literature, so most of my time is divided between that and fiction writing.<\/p>\n

What inspired this story?<\/em><\/strong>
\nMy fascination with the occult, coupled with the time period and a healthy dose of Lovecraftianism. My thesis is on Lovecraft and Poe; reading those two on a daily basis will supply a plethora of interesting ideas.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a very definite \u201cHeart of Darkness\u201d feel to this, did you draw on Conrad\u2019s book at all, or were you just capturing the feeling of the era?<\/strong><\/em>
\nAs a literature major, I am going to say something that will have many gasp in horror: I have never actually read any Conrad. I was aware of writing in that tradition while working on the story, but I think it was more a focus on the era, and of combining the unknown with a world that was by then firmly rooted in scientific discovery.<\/p>\n

Was anything in the story inspired by personal experience?<\/em><\/strong>
\nHappily, no.<\/p>\n

What inspired the setting?<\/em><\/strong>
\nWell, for all my claims about being homeless, admittedly, Africa is<\/em> in my blood. I have never been as far up north as the explorers of my story, but it is something I would love to do. I think writers write not only to entertain others, but to take themselves away from the ordinary as well.<\/p>\n

Are you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>
\nI am working on a speculative novel, the first in a planned series. It is set in a very strange city with ten rings, each of which is completely different from the other. It is a book about magic and science, the differences between them, and how they are in many ways very similar.<\/p>\n

Where can we find more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>I recently contributed a story to Tales for Canterbury<\/em>, a relief anthology in aid of the recent Christchurch earthquakes in New Zealand (http:\/\/talesforcanterbury.wordpress.com\/<\/a>) I have also contributed fiction to Jabberwocky Magazine<\/em> (#3), H.P. Lovecraft’s Magazine of Horror<\/em> (#3), and have an upcoming story in Fantastique Unfettered<\/em> (#4).<\/p>\n

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Joe Vaz<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Joe Vaz<\/em> is the founder and editor of Something Wicked<\/em>, which occasionally affords him the honour and good fortune to hang out with really cool people.
\nIn his other life he is a film and television actor who gets small parts in big movies, most recently in Dredd 3D<\/em><\/a>, due to be released in September 2012.
\nHe was recently hugged by John Hurt.<\/p>\n

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interview by Joe Vaz
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My fascination with the occult, coupled with the time period and a healthy dose of Lovecraftianism. My thesis is on Lovecraft and Poe; reading those two on a daily basis will supply a plethora of interesting ideas.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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\nFrom Issue 15 (Nov 2011)<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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