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Rob Burton

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Currently living and working in Hangzhou China. Rob works at the Communication University of Zhejiang teaching public speaking, oral English and IELTS.

He is the author of Meditations on Murder, an urban fantasy novel and The Castle of the Red-Haired Maidens, a novella based in 12th Century Scotland. His second novel, The Twelfth Rune - a Dan Brownish romp through Cornish Myths and legends is now published and available on Amazon

I have also authored a memoir under the pen name of Doctor X - it covers five years of teaching ESL in China. The Adventures of Doctor X in China (beware adult content).

I have also authored four more none fiction titles about the
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Rob Burton My advice to aspiring writers is if you are young follow Jack Kerouac's advice and get On the Road and have some experiences, life life, do some risky…moreMy advice to aspiring writers is if you are young follow Jack Kerouac's advice and get On the Road and have some experiences, life life, do some risky things, meet interesting people, see strange and exotic places and have some fun.

Then when (and if you are older) write what you know. Many of the situations and characters are based what I have experienced and people I know.

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Rob Burton This only dawned on me a few days ago. I have been in three long term relationships and each of the women I was with had each lost their father. (Befo…moreThis only dawned on me a few days ago. I have been in three long term relationships and each of the women I was with had each lost their father. (Before meeting me) Another woman, who I married, had lost her husband. It seems that Death was stalking the significant women in my life... make of that what you will. Perhaps the plot would be that a man (based loosely on me) had got fixated with each particular woman and murdered their fathers (looking like natural deaths of course) so he could take advantage of their sorrow at losing their dad and/or husband. The plot hole atm is why the hell would he do that, perhaps to be a serial killer and phillander all rolled into one. Would you read it (I have it set in victorian times in my mind as Death was important to them) (less)
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Cornish Identity - new book

The good news is after 16 years I have finally published my PhD on Cornish Identity in book form. It is now available as an ebook, paperback and hardback on Amazon.

It us also FREE to read on KINDLE UNLIMITED

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This book explores the Cornish Identity from a sociological perspective. Dr Burton’s PhD thesis of which this book consists was submitted to the Univer

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“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life”
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