WHY WON’T JUST STOP OIL, JUST STOP? Why should they?
The British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil, calls for the UK to stop licensing new oil, gas or coal[…]
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Category: Contemporary Culture
Geeking Out on Research
Authors have different avenues for research depending on the topic. I write contemporary fiction, and my preference is to interview[…]
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MUSIC AND WRITERS
Last month I wrote to you about characters having music identities. This month I thought we’d look at the different ways[…]
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Look for Happiness
The world seems to be going to the dogs. We are slowly, or maybe not so slowly, frying our world.[…]
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DOES YOUR PROTAGONIST HAVE A MUSIC ID?MAYBE SHE SHOULD.
Michael Connelly, author of the Harry Bosch series, spoke about his career and this protagonist in particular, at ThrillerFest earlier[…]
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Surrounded by beauty – Can an object ask you to commit a crime? PART TWO OF TWO
WHAT COMES OVER SOME PEOPLE?In part one, we asked if art crime was different from other illegal activity. When there’s[…]
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Why Can’t We All Just Play Nice?
So this one’s a bit of a rant. If you’re an author, you may have been following the recent story[…]
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The Coronation: Three Things You Didn’t Know
Yes, I’m an Anglophile, so of course I got up early to watch the coronation of King Charles III. For most people, it was a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. And spectacle it was with all the pomp and circumstance one could wish for. But what did it all mean?
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WHAT WE DIDN’T SEE AT THE CORONATION OF KING CHARLES III
The Coronation… My next blog was supposed to be Part 2 of “Can an Object Make You Commit a Crime?”[…]
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