Can you tell the difference between reality and fiction? Reality comes from the Latin, realis – related to things. Fiction comes from the Latin word...
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Choosing a cover for a novel can sometimes feel as though it involves as much head-scratching and chin-tugging as writing the book. The initial cover...
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By the Time Dawn Breaks, a tale of mystery and magic in the Canary Islands is and isn’t a work of fiction. The characters in...
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Which of these is correct when it comes to using foreign words in writing? The man glanced up at me, nodded, and said, ‘buenos días.’...
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Integrity was on its knees, gasping its last breath, cut down and cast aside far too easily by the behemoth attacking the battlements of Decency...
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I’ve always believed people who read books are more receptive to new ideas. Possibly because that’s partly what I get from reading books. Review sites...
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Just over two months have passed since we negotiated the obstacle race of moving from one country to another during a pandemic. For six weeks...
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I wanted to read and yet didn't want to read Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain, winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. Set in Glasgow in the...
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