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On the Vulgar Appetite for the “Fact”
I am asked, with a frequency I have come to find wearying, whether the events of my novels "really happened...
by Leo Nakamura
The Tyranny of the “Relatable” Protagonist
There is a peculiar sickness that has crept into historical fiction...
by Leo Nakamura
Here a cat, There a cat
Still trying to decide what to actually DO here.
by Kim
The Wright Word
Chekhov's Gun
by Clive Wright
vegas bound(again)
lost in the Horseshoe Casino/Hotel
by Kim
Two Wayward Writers
Adventures in Podcasting
by Rachel McCarron
Read and Wright
Novels that have influenced my writing
by Clive Wright
brain scatter
dropping seeds all over the place
by Kim
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Rich.
Rich.
Dodgy through and through, with views very far from my own, but a towering figure nonetheless!
He was also massively popular with army types. When I was about 12, my squaddie dad gave me a copy of The Dogs of War. "Read this. One day you might be involved in a coup."
Thankfully, that's not the way my life turned out, but I'll always remember that book.
R.I.P Mr Forsyth!
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