jack_rawstone

Finding answers with my writing

On an instinctual level I like to believe books are there to raise questions, to grip you by the throat and make you challenge everything you every thought was right. They can make you surf an emotional tidal wave of epic proportions, bringing forward all the greatest horrors you had never even thought imaginable, and taking you to ecstatic levels...
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The Novel is the Monster

Self exploration is never easy. If you're open to the idea in the first place, willing to take on and tackle head-first what you believe in, what you think of to be true, your own beliefs and ideals, thoughts and concepts, then I believe you're a step ahead of a lot of people already. If then you take all of...
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The spotlight on Jack

HA, Jack Rawstone is reborn. A man of might and panache; he turns heads, strides with a purpose and is never undone, not by any fucker. I've got a blog over at http://thecoldgintimes.blogspot.com these days, but I'll be posting whatever I put up there, here as well. So enjoy, looking forward to getting back into the community.

I've been looking over...
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Im a strong believer in the creed of, if youve got nothing good to say, dont stay anything. In that light its been a while since Ive posted on here, but now Ive got something to say so

Its been an outstanding eight or nine months, a cannon fired sledge ride though walls of dark whiskey, indecent prose and in places, twitching passion. Now

Bread...
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Thanks for the interest Siara, I thought I'd do a quick update as I've got a spare 30 minutes now.

Everything is progressing at an extreme rate of knots, its been about 6 months since I left uni and in that time Ive become a regular and praised contributor on a national music magazine, Zero Magazine and a regular with another fashionista (yuk) type mag...
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The heavy metal world has always had its different factions. Now, though, the beast called emo has truly awoken and it is causing quite a rift. I sat down and had a chat with FFAFs bassist Gareth Davis about their new album, the thought of becoming a celebrity and the state of the rock scene.


Jack Rawstone: Do you feel youve settled into music as...
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ARHHHH

An intense few months it has been, Ive had my first national publication, my Cradle of Filth article of all things , I graduated from uni with a 2.1 in journalism and Im currently in the process of setting up my own magazine.

It has been truly fantastic, advancing, taking ground and dominatingI wouldnt have it any other way

I also met a few...
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