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    When you get the idea to write a novel, it seems to just jump into your head. You have an "Aha!" moment; a brilliant moment of inspiration. You can see the entire novel played out in your head. Now all you have to do is write it down on paper.
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  • Non-Fiction Book Titles – An Author’s...

    Perhaps you have considered writing some eBooks or self-publishing some print books, either way, the Title You Choose has more to do about the sales success of the book than you might think. Not long ago, I looked at the various books that I wish to write and sat down to do a little practice...
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The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black – Review

Oct 22nd

Posted by Adam in Thrillers & Mysteries

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The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
This is the second novel by John Banville writing as Benjamin Black, and the second outing for the pathologist Quirke, a new star of the whodunit, here caught up in a ‘grimy suburban melodrama’ of murder, adultery, revenge, sex, drugs and sadomasochism. Freed from the Booker judges’ gaze, Banville indulges More >

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A Partisan’s Daughter by Louis De Bernieres – Review

Oct 18th

Posted by Adam in Fiction

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A Partisan’s Daughter by Louis De Bernieres
Louis de Bernieres, best known for his historical novels Corelli’s Mandolin and Birds Without Wings, returns with a more contemporary story set in his native United Kingdom.
A Partisan’s Daughter is narrated alternately by Chris, an aged British widower, and Roza, a woman of uncertain origin; long separated, the two More >

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The Stepmother’s Diary by Fay Weldon – Review

Sep 16th

Posted by Adam in Fiction

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The Stepmother’s Diary by Fay Weldon
It is rare to come across a contemporary novel written with as much panache as The Stepmother’s Diary. Cleverly constructed and told with brio, Fay Weldon’s latest book is ostensibly the story of Sappho, a young and successful writer who marries Gavin – a widower 19 years her senior – More >

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