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Why Cycling is like Writing and This Must Be The Place
This occurred to me as I was cycling to work this morning. I have a computer on the bike and I upload my data to http://MapMyRide.com. Then it shows the ride data and also a calendar. There’s a little bicycle … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Cycling, Paris, Research, Salazar, Writing targets
Tagged Jimmie Charters, This Must Be The Place
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New Year
No books finished for a while but a huge batch has just arrived. I ordered them with tokens I got for xmas. They are on the shelf calling me as I type. Sitting alongside them are the actual books I … Continue reading
Salazar
Mad Sunday is on hold for now – it becomes too hard to edit a draft straight after writing it. Instead the last two weeks have been spent re-writing Salazar. I have been inspired by reading The Pericles Commission by … Continue reading
Posted in Hard-Bolied, Historical Crime, Paris, Writing Fiction, Writing targets
Tagged Gary Corby, Leo Malet, Mad Sunday, Salazar, The Pericles Commission
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Mad Sunday
I finished the first draft a few days ago. It came in at 81k. I was planning for 90k but the characters took hold at the end and did a few things I hadn’t foreseen. It meant a show down … Continue reading
The Bourne Ultimatum, Robert Ludlum
I have now read the first three of these books: The first two were; The Bourne Identity; The Bourne Supremacy. The book really feels like it is dragging out the series. The Bourne Identity was quite good and Supremacy was … Continue reading