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Here we are at the third book in the Accursed Kings series, and Louis X still isn’t a very good King, but he is very excited at the prospect of a new Queen (having murdered his last one). So much so that he neglects or outright ignores the brewing conflict between Robert of Artois and his Aunt Mahaut, and the violent struggle between his father’s progress or a return to feudalism.
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My blog articles are too long. When I write about writing I am ebullient, effusive and, well, long-winded. I write the sort of articles that I never finish reading when I am on the tram. My book reviews are much better – 300 words-ish, on Instagram, BAM! So why can’t I learn my lesson and write to a damned word limit?
Why? Because secretly my long writing articles have many advantages both for me and for my website. In this article I give three key justifications for writing ludicrously long blog posts. Then I’ll keep on doing it anyway, because it’s my blog and I’ll cry if I want to. Mostly, my objective is that you come away feeling good about whatever way you choose to blog.
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Gaiman N, Coraline, Urban Fantasy, (Bloomsbury: 2002)
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Corliane is a bored adolescent stuck in a strange new home with parents that don’t listen to her and a cat the occasionally talks. But that isn’t the strangest thing about the house. The strangest thing is the hidden door in the drawing room; the door that leads to the other mother, the mother with the button eyes, the one that wants to keep and love and care for Coraline forever, if she’ll only let her take out her eyes.
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Pearl A, The Chair Man, Thriller, (Fizgig Press:2019)
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Corporate Lawyer Michael, severely injured in the 7/7 terrorist attacks, left wheelchair bound and thirsty for revenge, is on a quest to track down British jihadists that will drag his friends and family into mortal danger.
I am a disabled veteran, with some counter-terrorism training and experience, who was forced to use a wheelchair for 6 years during which time I retrained as a corporate lawyer. Oh boy.
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Damned Pirates!
I have spoken to a number of authors who were very cross to discover that their work was being pirated. I totally sympathise. Whether indie or in house, we work incredibly hard on our books, they are sold at a very reasonable price (most indie authors spend at least some time selling their e-books for 99p), and we see little of that money. To find that people are so cheap that they would rather steal our work than pay less than the price of a fifth of a bag of Maltesers is hugely frustrating. Top it off with the publishing industries plaintive wailing that piracy is destroying the industry, and it is easy to see why we get upset.
But there are several good reasons why we should not get ourselves wound up about piracy. In this article I am going to explain what they are.
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