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Radio interview

4 March 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 1 }

I was interviewed by Jo Thoenes on BBC Oxford yesterday. I had done radio and TV a few times when I was at the Wall Street Journal, but it was different talking about myself. I was a lot more nervous and didn’t know what I would say. Still, it worked out really well. For the [...]

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Launch!

28 February 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 1 }

I realised I haven’t written anything here for a week. The official reason is that I was busy – the unofficial reason is that I was in a constant state of nervous anxiety and couldn’t concentrate on anything for more than a few seconds at a time. The reason for the nerves is pictured here: [...]

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Copies of On the Holloway Road by Andrew Blackman

Books arrived!

16 February 2009 · On the Holloway Road · Comments { 1 }

When I first decided to quit my sensible career job and focus on writing, I suppose this is the day I had in mind. At the end of all the early mornings and late nights and rejection letters and self-doubt and setbacks and new starts and hating the chapters I loved yesterday and editing and [...]

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