{"id":54516,"date":"2020-12-12T16:41:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-12T16:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=54516"},"modified":"2020-12-13T20:14:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T20:14:14","slug":"author-and-editor-gary-raymond-discusses-how-the-welsh-firebreak-lockdown-offered-the-perfect-timing-for-his-new-satirical-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2020\/12\/12\/author-and-editor-gary-raymond-discusses-how-the-welsh-firebreak-lockdown-offered-the-perfect-timing-for-his-new-satirical-book\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I had the time, momentum and motivation to write something funny and I had the subject\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author and editor Gary Raymond discusses how the Welsh firebreak lockdown presented the perfect timing for his new satirical book<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"449\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond.jpg\" alt=\"Gary standing in front of a book shelf\" class=\"wp-image-54518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond-293x175.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"449\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond.jpg\" alt=\"Gary standing in front of a book shelf\" class=\"wp-image-54518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond.jpg 750w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/11\/Gary-Raymond-293x175.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Gary posing in front of his treasured book shelf which features classic literature introduced to him by his grandfather Credit: Gary Raymond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary Raymond published his fifth book <em>How Love Actually Ruined Christmas <\/em>in November during the Welsh firebreak lockdown. The book is a scene-by-scene description of his abject hatred of <em>Love Actually. <\/em>Alongside being a writer, Gary is also editor for <em>Wales Arts Review <\/em>and presents <em>The Review Show<\/em> on BBC Radio Wales.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a pandemic-dictated Zoom call, Gary appears in a loose maroon shirt and large square glasses. His new book is intended to make people laugh in a break away from the usual sober tone of his work.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was June when he suggested to his publisher that this would be the perfect time to write the book. His publisher said yes without really thinking he\u2019d write it, and five months later it was published. He explains, \u201cBeing a writer is about having one eye on the reader.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary was initially struggling with a noir novel but changed course, deciding that writing something funny would be a better use of his and his readers\u2019 time. The critique of the British classic seems to have hit the mark and currently has a four star rating on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55376901-how-love-actually-ruined-christmas\">goodreads<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\"><strong>Books to date<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-list\"><li>How Love Actually Ruined Christmas (2020)<\/li><li>The Golden Orphans (2018)<\/li><li>Wales Arts Review: Valley, City, Village (2017)<\/li><li>For Those Who Come After (2015)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The road to success<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary didn\u2019t always have the success he does now. He worked temp jobs like data entry and bartending throughout his 20s because all he wanted to do was write. He strokes his beard and says, \u201cI\u2019m 41 now, up until I was 37 I probably only earnt a couple of hundred quid my whole life from writing.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then in 2012 he started <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesartsreview.org\/\"><em>Wales Arts Review<\/em><\/a> along with a few friends, which is now a premier national online hub for arts and culture. \u201cI remember very well, me and a couple of the guys were watching the football in a pub round the corner from here, funnily enough,\u201d he says, pointing behind him. \u201cIt was a Wednesday night and we were kind of like, you know, we should just set up a website.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one issue the site has found to be exaggerated by the pandemic is sourcing new writers. According to Gary, \u201cA number of writers have been like, \u2018hey, what do you want me to do, I\u2019ve got much more time on my hands\u2019 and some writers have been like, \u2018I\u2019m so overwhelmed by the intellectual, emotional weight of what\u2019s going on, I can\u2019t be creative at all.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This writer&#8217;s block wasn\u2019t an issue for Gary, who wrote the first draft of <em>How Love Actually Ruined Christmas&nbsp; <\/em>within a couple of weeks. He says, \u201cI had the time, momentum and motivation to write something funny and I had the subject.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The influence of his Welsh roots<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Gary was born and brought up in Newport, he doesn\u2019t feel the pull of a <a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2017\/11\/13\/literature-wales-ceremony-cardiff\/\">Welsh identity<\/a>. 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