{"id":2803,"date":"2024-04-17T22:24:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T12:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/?page_id=2803"},"modified":"2025-04-17T15:12:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:12:23","slug":"in-living-memory-origin-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/books\/books-ilm\/in-living-memory-origin-story\/","title":{"rendered":"In Living Memory Origin Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2803\" class=\"elementor elementor-2803\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-51f314f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"51f314f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-24cb251c\" data-id=\"24cb251c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-871ac18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-woocommerce-breadcrumb\" data-id=\"871ac18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"woocommerce-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">Home<\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa04cf5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa04cf5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In Living Memory Origin Story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f462881 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"f462881\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-895bd01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"895bd01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>Origin Story<\/strong><\/h3><p>If you\u2019ve read <em>In Body, In Mind<\/em>, you\u2019ll know that one of the protagonists, Sam Kane, is encouraged to write a novel. He eventually hits upon an idea, pitches it to his best friend and colleague, Hugo, and over the next few years, produces a draft manuscript for <em>In Living Memory<\/em>. With Hugo\u2019s help, he offers the manuscript for publication, and it is accepted. That\u2019s the origin of this book, well, that\u2019s the simple story anyway.<\/p><p>When <em>In Body, In Mind<\/em> was itself a draft manuscript, a number of dear friends provided me with generous feedback, and one of them was the friend who gave me the motivation to proceed with the project when it was still just an idea. In his very detailed comments he wrote, \u201cI thought that Sam&#8217;s plot for his book was utter genius \u2026 I want to read that.\u201d That was when the ghost of an idea to write <em>In Living Memory<\/em> became real, and I began to plan what it would look like.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-84fcda4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"84fcda4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a6b3a7\" data-id=\"9a6b3a7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0026930 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0026930\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-3617\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-scaled.jpg 1698w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-679x1024.jpg 679w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-768x1158.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-1019x1536.jpg 1019w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-1358x2048.jpg 1358w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-300x452.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.phenomenology.com.au\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/In-Living-Memory-Final-Cover-600x905.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c132c4e elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c132c4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Preorder In Living Memory<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ef1542\" data-id=\"0ef1542\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63958c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63958c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It took me quite a while to get my head around what it was that I would be attempting: I\u2019d be writing the book, as per the general idea Sam pitched to Hugo, <em>as Sam Kane<\/em>. I needed the whole project to reflect the motivations that Sam would have had to write the book, as well as use his voice, and plausibly reflect his interests, influences and style. As <em>In Body, In Mind<\/em> describes the work as Sam\u2019s letter to Rachel, I also needed to weave into the narrative some of the messages that Sam would have tried to embed in the story.<\/p><p>In February 2017, I began researching some background material I\u2019d need to know for the story. Then in early April, I set up a timeline and a chapter outline, and began making notes. By August that year I had the first three chapters written, but then had to put the project aside to finalise the editing and publication of <em>In Body, In Mind<\/em>, which was subsequently released in September 2019. By April 2020 I had six chapters drafted, but that\u2019s when progress slowed again.<\/p><p>By this stage, I\u2019d long had the idea to embed another book, <em>In Medio Dierum<\/em>, into the narrative of <em>In Living Memory<\/em>; it was time to flesh out how that would look, and how it would dovetail with the timelines and narratives of both <em>In Body, In Mind<\/em> (sharp-eyed readers will have noticed that an excerpt of <em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> is also in the early pages) and <em>In Living Memory<\/em>. It didn&#8217;t take me long to realise that <em>In Medio Dierum<\/em> needed its own space, referenced from within In Living Memory, but occupying a completely different perspective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6ae6a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6ae6a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By the end of 2020, it had become clear that two additional books were required to complete the story of philosophical revelation I hope will emerge from the collection. 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