I think about how I want to write my stories and of how too, the whole year has almost flown. I think about locations and it isn’t just one location I’m concerned about but different countries as well. I know that many writers use libraries and the internet for research. Because so much of my current work is triggered by experience or memory from a present era and I am often on the move outdoors, I don’t use libraries but find YouTube videos on a historical era or the classical works of writers who went before, useful either to evoke a memory or with which to respond to my tenderly awakened subconscious spirit. I also buy all my reference books as years later, I hope these specific material will help me recall the excitement of the season.
I’m in Kuala Lumpur at the moment, tired but happy. I hope to have more regular posts. I am just badly jet-lagged. I needed to return to get some details right for my book. I’ve been travelling for 12 years now and I think that clearly, I am someone who must always be at any intended location if I am to get my story right. I’ve found a few favourite cafes I could see myself writing in. I need to talk to people and study more places although of course, I know my country like the back of my hand. I’ve returned just this year alone quite a few times already. But I still need to do this. I also need to go to other places and my time is limited before I must return to Europe.
It’s probably the first time where I am returning to Malaysia not in transit as a traveller but in my proper role as a writer.