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Stuart Wakefield

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in The United Kingdom

Website

https://www.thebookcoach.co/writing

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Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Fiction

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July 2020

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Stuart is an author and book coach who writes about men who love men. He has been published by Dreamspinner Press and Vine Leaves Press, and his latest novel, Behind the Seams, was a BookLife Prize Fiction Contest Semifinalist.

Stuart holds an MA in Professional Writing and lives in the UK with his husband, pets and too many action figures for a man his age.

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Stuart Wakefield’s books

Average rating: 3.37 · 490 ratings · 102 reviews · 14 distinct works

	The Elements of Love 3.18 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body of Water (The Orcadian Novels, #1) 3.49 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2011 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memory of Water (The Orcadian Novels, #2) 3.86 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Behind the Seams 3.95 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out in the Cold 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bev's Big Night and Other Stories liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brain Dead Gorgeous (Better Off Fed Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Goodman's Child really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Writer's Shield: Building Emotional Resilience for Writers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brain Dead Gorgeous: Better Off Fed, Book 1 by Stuart Wakefield (Goodreads Author), Ben Hall (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Worldbuilding Pitfalls That Quietly Sabotage Your Story

If you’ve ever spent three blissful hours designing the tax system of a moon colony… only to realise you still haven’t written the scene where your protagonist decides whether to betray their friend, welcome. Worldbuilding is meant to support story, but it often becomes a procrastination palace with excellent plumbing. Today, I’m going to help you spot the sneaky ways worldbuilding can derail plot Read more of this blog post »

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“There's no point in trying to drown your sorrows, Shaun; they swim better than I do.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Memory of Water

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“A water birth was all she could think about apart from getting away from her husband, Mackay, the knight in shining armour who had proved to be a metal-plated misogynist.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Body of Water

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“I didn't sleep for three days. On day four, my shears came alive and told me I could make puppies out of mystical cake mix.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Behind the Seams

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Dreamspinner Press: Isali Dreams by Zahra Owens and Stuart Wakefield	1	16	Feb 22, 2012 08:20AM
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Stuart’s Quotes

“We don't buy organic. I ain't paying over the odds so some chicken gets extra legroom.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Behind the Seams

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“There's this guy at my local Italian, yeah? Proper creepy. Reckon he wants his penne in my cunnelloni.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Behind the Seams

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“I suggest you distance yourself from the fashion world. You've already made an excellent start with that dress.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Behind the Seams

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“I didn't sleep for three days. On day four, my shears came alive and told me I could make puppies out of mystical cake mix.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Behind the Seams

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“You're not broken. You're a bit chipped around the edges, but you're not broken.”
― Stuart Wakefield, Body of Water

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