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Welcome. Good luck with your writing.

Hi Phil Welcome!

Welcome. Good luck with your novel. It does sound interesting.

Hi and welcome. Good luck with your writing. It fantasy and historical sounds interesting, especially with the Irish history.

Thank you. I don't know, so it's really helpful. I'll def look out for both. Perhaps by the time I've read The Name of the Wind and the next book, the third of the trilogy will be published.

The Shannara series has a lot going for it but unfortunately he's probably taken it further than he should have as many of the storylines are rehashed (but then I do keep buying the new books). I'll look out for Dune and The Name of the Wind. I haven't read either of those. Thank you.

I'll let you know. I was going to read it next but another book has somehow arrived on my TBR pile. These books just appear by magic, you know. Or so I tell my husband. :D

I have Eleanor Oliphant on my bedside reading pile, after hearing so many of my friends saying what a good read it is.

I read fantasy novels but I tend to read the more commercial books. I love the creativity and imagination behind these books and the feeling that almost anything is possible. I liked The Magician by Raymond E Feist. This remains my favourite book but I didn't like his subsequent novels. I have...

The issue for me is how constructive the critiquer is trying to be. I lasted a month on a writing forum years ago when I posted a piece of work which was annihilated by one of the members. It turned into a bun fight between various factions of the membership, while I pretty much sat on the...

When you want to hide from someone in a town of 6,000 people, you have no chance. Once I went into a library in a village of 16,000 people, 18 miles from where I lived, with the intention of having a bit of writing time while waiting for my dad to come out of his appointment. Long story cut...

This adaptation shows why an author should have a say about what happens after the film rights are sold. I wonder how Terry Brooks felt about it.

That carrot cake looks amazing.