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Jasper Barry

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March 2013


Born: In England, but of mainly Irish parentage.

Education: Cambridge, BA Eng Lit.

Career: Advertising, then journalism.

Loves: Prokoviev, Shostakovitch, Titian, Caravaggio, Catullus.

Hates: Filling in forms and rice pudding.

Addictions: Travel and reading.

Besetting sin: Procrastination.

Lives: With one partner, three hooligan cats and too many books.

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Jasper Barry I was once given an exercise that was supposed to cure writer's block. I was supposed to do it before I sat down to write. But I got entirely blocked …moreI was once given an exercise that was supposed to cure writer's block. I was supposed to do it before I sat down to write. But I got entirely blocked about the exercise - it was easier just to get writing instead.

Mainly, however, it's not writer's block that stops me writing. It's life events, and there's no real cure for that.(less)
Jasper Barry Being able to retreat into an alternative world. (Plus not going to an office, of course, and being able to work in your dressing-gown.)
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