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The wrong saint?

The story of my historical novel  Reconquista begins, very specifically, on 9th October, 1264, the day of San Dionisio, patron saint of the city of Jerez de la Frontera. This day is celebrated every year in Jerez as the anniversary of … Continue reading

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Provender

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It is 8th January and the cupboard, or rather the refrigerator, is looking bare. If, like me, you had ‘special’ things to eat and drink for the holiday, you too will have been eating up the remains, taxing one’s brain for ‘interesting’ … Continue reading

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Bazaar Numbers

The Story Bazaar web-site has now been up and running for 11 months. The first article was posted on 20th January 2015. Our readership is gradually growing, though it’s still nothing like as big as many large or long-established web-sites. We now regularly get … Continue reading

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Galleys and Ornaments

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So to the last stage of publishing The Story Bazaar Compendium 2015 – the galley proof. A ‘galley proof’ is a preliminary version of a publication, so called because in the days of letterpress printing a galley was the tray … Continue reading

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Writers Upstairs

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Not quite what the sign said in the pub near Charing Cross on Tuesday, but an accurate description of the gathering above a noisy Theodore Bullfrog. It was Writers Anonymous night and the room was full of writers. It was … Continue reading