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Authenticity and verisimilitude

Authentic – adjective genuine, authoritative, true; (of writing) trustworthy, as setting forth real facts. Verisimilitude – noun the quality of seeming real or true; an appearance of truth or reality. Fiction writers know about both and this has a specific … Continue reading

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History Writing

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Reading about the past is, for me, an ongoing pleasure. I also set my latest books there. As regular readers of The Story Bazaar will know, I have written one historical novel and am writing a second. So chairing The … Continue reading

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Guitars

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In just over a weeks time the twenty-first Festival de Jerez will begin. I have my flight tickets at the ready and our flat will be full of friends.  There has already been much discussion about the Programme. Who is appearing? … Continue reading

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Locative Literature

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Place is important to me as a writer. My first book, a collection of short stories entitled ‘The Village‘ is set in a rural English village not dissimilar to the one in which I grew up. My second book, the … Continue reading

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And what do you do?

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The party season is upon us soon, whether it be of the chat and Chablis or the daiquiri and dancing variety.  Either way, at some point in the evening someone is bound to ask ‘What do you do?’ We often define … Continue reading