In keeping with tradition, today I celebrate another milestone with a fabulous image from surrealist artist Man Ray from 1930. Huge Thank you to everyone.
Man Ray - The Kiss 1930
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For the last couple of weeks we have joined Anna and Ginger, my two erotic romance heroines, for a drink at a bar where fictional heroes go to relax. They had spotted Ned Jelli, but he had given Anna a look, drilling into her a warning not to approach, so she sent him a drink from across the bar and returned to Ginger at the table.
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‘Not tonight, Josephine,’ laughed Ginger as Anna returned. Forcing a smile she nodded in agreement, then saw the man now sitting at their table.
She slowly sat down, deliberately turning to face him, crossing her legs so the toe of her shoe was only inches away from his leg. ‘Your a very handsome gentleman, and perched there on the edge of your chair, leaning in closely, you’ve made me think you have a secret to share.’
‘Ladies,’ he replied with a twinkle in his eye, ‘I may be a Sixth Form Poet, but fiddle with me and I become a Hot Firm Sexpot.’
Winking at Anna, Ginger exclaimed, ‘ a poet, an anagram, and a very sexy man is indeed something we would LOVE to play with!”
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This weekend I wanted to introduce you to a genius, he makes me smile almost everyday. He is so good I just want to share him around.
@sixthformpoet“I may be a Sixth Form Poet, but fiddle with me and I become a Hot Firm Sexpot.”
“I am seeing a Harley Street therapist to help me with my kleptomania, and I have already taken something valuable from every session.”
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So I have created a SPOTLIGHT PAGE and then introduced him to Anna,
so you’ll meet him more intimately on Sunday. Enjoy!
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Last week, Anna got caught staring at the broodingly handsome Ned Jelli, while she was standing at the bar thinking about buying him a drink.
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His look was penetrating, harsh, drilling into her a warning. No playful twinkle, or cheeky sly smile to invite her over.
This is most definitely not the right time.
‘Can you please replace that dear gentleman with what he was drinking,’ she asked the barman. ‘And offer him my best wishes with what ever is concerning him.’ She smiled at Ned as the barman served him, and turned slowly to return to Ginger at the table.
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I recommend you meet Ned Jelli – Hello Darkness by Sam de Brito
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Last week, my two erotic romance heroines, Anna and Ginger from No Soft Soap were having a drink together. Across the bar they spotted the broodingly handsome Ned Jelli, Sam de Brito‘s character from his latest novel Hello Darkness. Anna had jumped up and decided to buy him a drink.
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She stood at the frosted silver beer taps at the bar; lager, pale ale, pilsner or stout?
First impressions are so important, instinct says beer, but which one?
Nervously she tried to smile, the months of admiring him searing up her spine and threatening to burn away her confidence. Looking over she checked, he was still alone and was almost finished with his drink. She noticed his chisled features, the fine line of stubble on his cheeks, and the shape of his lips, but she was on a mission to find out what was on his mind.
Oh NO! He caught me staring at him.
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my observations of Hello Darkness by Sam de Brito
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Perception – Taste – and Context
Hello Darkness is the second novel for character Ned Jelli. A stand alone work, it gives the reader an inciteful portrait of a 39 year old man, struggling with how he perceives himself, the expectations he applies and the fact he is a romantic at heart. We join him in the search for the white picket fence ideal of love and life. How will he achieve this dream, and really, is the dream ever actually attainable?
Ned’s story is told intimately, he talks to us, shares the confusion of his thoughts, his reactions and his goals. I know Ned, I’ve meet him at bars, I’ve dated him, I was even married to him for a while. He is a breathing contemporary character, his story a love story, his perceptions confused, and the effects of his drug antics nudging at you throughout the story.
I applaud Sam de Brito for his ability in charactisation. So often you come across a literary bad boy, one dimensional in his narcissism and misogynistic in his control. However, Ned Jelli, is a layered, complex soul struggling to make sense of expectations, social conformities and ideal dreams. His voice is the raw voice of a man, not written to seduce a female reader, nor to be compared to or challenged by another man. Ned Jelli is put out there, herpes and all, allowing him to be your brother, friend, or even ex lover.
I was particularly excited by the way the sex was dealt with. An honest look, of lust, love and being lonely. I came away wanting to find a work that incorporated de Brito’s frankness in the erotica world. I wanted to read exchanges between the male and female thought processes, something that included dialogue and allowed an appreciation for their differences. I think it would be fascinating, tantalising and highly erotic. I’m yet to find something, but when I do, I’ll let you know.
The hard print copy of Hello Darkness is currently only available in Australia. The cover a montage of newspaper prints and a stock Getty image of a man shaving. The publicity descriptions disclose a man struggling to define himself through his work, not even a faint whisper to define it as a love story.
This throws question after question up for me, are male writers not allowed to be seen as writers of intimate thoughts and love stories, does a love story in publishing instantly then become a romance, but then romances are written by women and always need happy endings. Don’t they? I think the combination of these questions and the debates that ensue become one of the key recommendations I have for Hello Darkness. You get to indulge in de Brito’s art of characterisation and then confont ideas of perception, taste and context. Homogeneously constructed marketing plans and the definitions that pigeon hole works in the publishing world, help to create restraints that I ultimately think keep many works from readers, who would likely become fans.
I would like to see the publishers translate this work and re package it for an international audience. Focusing less on man defined by occupation and more on man living and battling himself while pursuing the romantic dream. Although Hello Darkness is Australian in it’s settling, Ned Jelli could very well be a man in London, Paris, Berlin or New York.
Here is the publishers blurb and links to getting yourself a copy of this work, check it out and let me know what you think.
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In paperback and digital formats, Hello Darkness available through Pan Macmillian Australia‘s website and the Kindle edition is available at Amazon
In Ned Jelli’s family, journalism and siren-chasing in the news pit of Sydney is in the genes. And everyone knows, you can’t escape your genes, or your family. At 39, Ned’s life has come full circle and he finds himself back in the news empire where he started his career at 19. And for a lost boy like Ned, where 20 years have been spent eddying around the same small course of Bondi, babes, and booze, this is the final sign he’s going nowhere fast. Held back by his own fear and loathing, and searching for the perfect woman to fill the black hole where his heart should be, Ned continues the fatal and often fatally funny trajectory he began in The Lost Boys. Set among the newsrooms of Sydney, Hello Darkness is a sharp, demonic expose of the world of journalism from an insider, exploring the cost of being less than you hoped you would, and wishing for what is beyond your reach.
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Sam de Brito
Sam de Brito is a contemporary artist. His medium the written word. His latest two novels, fine literary portraiture. He captures the essence of a man, trapped by …read more
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Something different, the prelude to a post in progress.
This week, my two erotic romance heroines, Anna, whom you know well from my Six Sentence Sunday snippets and Ginger from my not yet finished novel No Soft Soap are having a drink together. Across the bar they spot Ned Jelli, Sam de Brito‘s main character from his latest novel Hello Darkness. Which one will decide to go over and talk to him?
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‘It looks like he’s just had a swim, said Anna, noticing his wet hair matted wild by the sea salt. ‘He’s handsome and broodingly sexy, just standing there, he’s inviting my gaze.’
‘He is the cat’s pyjamas,’ Ginger agreed. Leaning in closer she whispered, ‘Though, I think he looks distracted, rather than out on the prowl. I’d say something is playing on his mind.’
‘Only one way to find out,’ Anna jumped up from the table, grabbing her purse, ‘I’m going to buy him a drink.’
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Pop back next Saturday to discover more about Ned Jelli, Hello Darkness and Sam de Brito. Hopefully Anna manages to discover what makes them tick over a drink.
Max after surfing by Olive Cotton 1937
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