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Here’s my plan (because it’s good to have a plan) : I am aiming to read 100 books from 100 different countries in one year.
The plan belongs to the blogger behind the website and the year in question is already more than halfway through. The books read include novels by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (Spain), [...]



Anita Sethi talks about a becalmed but anxious condition in the Guardian Book Blog.

And I become fearful of the cruel things I know I have to do to my characters now I’ve laid in place the tracks of the plot, the directions that must be taken, and there’s no going back; I do want them, but there’s an inevitability that’s scary, like hovering, motionless, at the top of a rollercoaster knowing you’re about to come thundering down.

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Thinking Blogger Award

I didn’t even know I thought until I was nominated for this award. Didn’t even know that thinking was something to do. But I’d like to thank my agent, my loving wife, my wonderful children, and my mother. Also my earthly guardian angel Mary Wilkinson (also my childhood sweetheart), and my grandpa Donald who, if [...]






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