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Month: May 2012

  • On the Holloway Road

How to write a book review

Just saw a nice post on Read.Learn.Write which goes into the methodology of writing book reviews, using my novel On the Holloway Road as a model. I’ve never…
11 May 2012
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How writers generate ideas

One of the most common questions I'm asked whenever I give a talk is "How do you generate ideas?" The honest answer…
7 May 2012
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The Sense of an Ending, explained

A quick explanation of the ending of Julian Barnes's novel The Sense of an Ending—followed by a long discussion in the comments…
2 May 2012

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