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What is the nature of the beast?

“What?” she cried. “Surely he wasn’t serious?” “No, Madame,” said Cheng, with an indulgent smile. “It was satire.” When it came to the villain in Mystery Manor, there could only be one nationality – Chinese.… 

Villains, Democracy and Reality

I suppose you could create a fictional character who was xenophobic, misogynistic, grotesque and despicable. And for good measure, you could give him a ridiculous hairpiece and have him run for President. But what would… 

G is for Ghost Writer

  Number 7 in The A to Z of the Writer’s Affliction, part of the A to Z blogging challenge. I was recently contacted by one of my readers, Algernon Worth, who not having a… 

A is for Agent

To kick off my series, the A to Z of the Writer’s Affliction, I’m very pleased to start with the letter A. It could have been Author, Anxiety or Amazon, but no, I’ve gone for…