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The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
This is what I blog about
Category Archives: novels
Choosing Isn’t Easy
I hosted a small writers’ retreat this weekend gone. Each of us was at a different stage in production of our latest work. In my case I’ve been editing the sequel to my first book. That edit finished on Sunday … Continue reading
Dithering…
For a few days now, while I’ve been away with friends, one writing topic has been bugging me. Nano 2015. You know, National Novel Writing Month where you spend November in a frizz of anxiety and anticipation, trying to churn … Continue reading
Nerves
I see myself as calm, in control. I don’t flap. And then I have to go to an airport, train station, bus garage and I go all to pieces. Perhaps it’s a residue from my holiday planning incompetence. We travelled … Continue reading
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Tagged book, my father and other liars, nerves, publishing, self-publishing
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Titled classes
When I joined the city law firm I was destined to stay at for the rest of my career, in 1981, I came from a fusty dusty antediluvian practice that felt Dickensian in comparison. We had old books, a photocopier … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, creative writing, novels, Salisbury Square, writing
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Salisbury Square
Thursday: afternoon Jan Nowak sat at a wooden bench, leaning his elbow on the sun bleached table. To his left the faded elegance of Brockwell House created a deep shadow over the steps which led to the café. A couple … Continue reading
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Tagged Herne Hill, London, novel, Salisbury Square, writing
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