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‘The isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs…..sometimes voices…’ says Caliban of Prospero’s island. My island is England and, recently, the noises have been voices, accents and dialects. The audio-book of ‘The Village; A Year in Twelve Tales’ is now almost … Continue reading
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Almost all of us read stories of one kind or another. I know someone who reads only non-fiction, but the best of that has stories too. Many of us write. The art of letter writing may be dying, but the Facebook post and the blog are common, and … Continue reading
I recently had a hard lesson in book promotion. In June I placed ‘The Village; A Year in Twelve Tales’ and the three e-shorts of it into Kindle Select. I wasn’t getting many sales from other online retailers and the stats … Continue reading
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… or not. As readers of this blog know, I do my own research. Unbelievably, some authors of fiction ( usually those who make a lot of money, lucky them ) use researchers to discover facts, figures and ‘atmosphere’ for their … Continue reading
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I read in The Guardian this weekend that the journey or ‘quest’ story is enjoying a revival, with sales of some, more esoteric, examples doing well this summer as people buy books for beach or countryside. Regular readers of this site will know that … Continue reading
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