Tag Archives: satisfied novelist

Back to Basics?

Posted on January 22, 2018 by hcannam

Anyone remember these little bits of plastic? I found this in a box in my study the other day, when I was hunting for a missing phone cable (why are all cables not standardized, to save all this hassle?). The … Continue reading →

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Critical pause…

Posted on May 12, 2016 by hcannam

I’d forgotten how much work is involved in writing a historical novel. It’s not just the research, but the need to immerse yourself in the minds and hearts of people living in very different times, with quite different hopes and … Continue reading →

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The critical self-publisher?

Posted on January 5, 2015 by hcannam

Does self-publishing make one more critical of one’s own writing? Or is that something that inevitably comes with age and experience? Maybe it’s simply that most of the books I’ve recently self-published were written long ago (and formerly published by … Continue reading →

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A long time to write…

Posted on May 19, 2014 by hcannam

There are a couple of questions writers are often asked – ‘Where do you get your ideas from?’ and ‘How long does it take you to write a book?’ The first question has no definitive answer – except ‘I don’t … Continue reading →

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