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The former Commander of Special Branch at New Scotland Yard, Roger Pearce was responsible for surveillance and undercover operations against terrorists and extremists, the close protection of government ministers and visiting VIPs, and other highly sensitive assignments.
Jonathan Whitelaw reveals in www.writing.ie how he writes dialogue for his characters and the tricks of the trade he has learned over years of listening, writing, reading aloud, and writing it again and again! "Dialogue is something that can really bring characters off the page and into the reader’s head....
When I was preparing HellCorp I always knew I wanted her character to be strong, independent, fierce, everything that a 21st century woman is. But realistically, in the writing, she became so much more than just a bunch of adjectives. In Gideon, my heroine, I found my muse. Here was a character...
Some practical and powerful advice on how to get your book to sell, written by Lisa Unwin, co-author of She's Back. The article appears in Women Writers, Women’s Books, an online literary magazine by and about contemporary women writers from around the world.
Despite the death knell having been tolled, the ‘old fashioned’ hard copy book continues to play a valuable role in thought leadership. But sometimes the obsession with technology can mask the considerable opportunities. Urbane Publications author, Stuart Thomson, explains why in this article...
Fyne Times is a forward-thinking and sophisticated title for the LGBT community, championing difference, challenging prejudice, and truly celebrating queer lifestyle. Its interview with Helen Trevorrow goes to the heart of her book In the Wake, with its unapologetically gay protagonist teetering on the edge of disaster. It publishes on...