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Does blogging drain creativity?

A writing chum has just returned from an Arvon Residential Writing Course. For those of you who don’t know it, Arvon is a wonderful charity that ‘works to ensure that anyone can benefit from the transformative powers of writing.’ My … Continue reading

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Is the “f” word in fiction ever necessary?

I have mentioned Auntie Sue before.  She was 88 last month  and is my Number One Auntie and my Number One Fan. She loved The Blue Suitcase and was the first person to buy a copy of Food of Ghosts, refusing absolutely to accept … Continue reading

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Take a murder or three, then add a determined Scottish detective …

“Take a murder or three, then add a determined Scottish detective with an i-Kiribati mother and obsessive compulsive disorder, and you have the basis of a very different crime fiction thriller set in Tarawa in 2004.” The other day I … Continue reading

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where is the world’s best kept secret place?

Some of you may know that my recent novel, Food of Ghosts, is set on Tarawa, a coral atoll in the middle of the Pacific and the capital of The Republic of Kiribati. What you may not know is why … Continue reading

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