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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Iain Maclean The mystery of who my father was became the plot for my first book. Research for which took 47 years - OK, I didn't know I was going to write a book w…moreThe mystery of who my father was became the plot for my first book. Research for which took 47 years - OK, I didn't know I was going to write a book when I started.(less)

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Iain Maclean I have at least two approaches. I start writing, anything that comes into my head, and push it as far as I can to see where it takes me - often this i…moreI have at least two approaches. I start writing, anything that comes into my head, and push it as far as I can to see where it takes me - often this is pretty cool. I wrote the chapter Bubble Moon in TJ's War by doing this. Something else I do is walk into my office and look through the titles of books in my bookcases. Each title reminds me of the story within, and just by going through some of these in my head, I am usually able to get back on the writing horse.
If neither of the above work, then I must be ill with man-flu, and so I lie down for the rest of the day.(less)

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TJ's War

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Almost a year after TJ's War was published through Amazon it is only stocked by one friendly bricks-and-mortar bookshop, and that is in the North of Scotland,

This is not for the want of trying; we have visited hundreds of bookshops throughout the kingdom over the last 12 months and the answer is always a version of 'we do not stock self-published books.'

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