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Mason Cross

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Mason Cross was born in Glasgow in 1979. He studied English at the University of Stirling and has worked variously as a tax officer, events coordinator, project manager and pizza delivery boy. He has written a number of short stories which have been published in Ellery Queen, Scribble and First Edition.

His story 'A Living', was shortlisted for the Quick Reads 'Get Britain Reading' Award. His first novel, The Killing Season was longlisted for the 2015 Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year, and his second, The Samaritan was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club in Spring 2016. The third book in the series, The Time to Kill w
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Mason Cross Hey Mel - sorry, I just saw this! Thanks for reading. I'm working on a sixth one on and off, so Blake will definitely be back at some point…moreHey Mel - sorry, I just saw this! Thanks for reading. I'm working on a sixth one on and off, so Blake will definitely be back at some point(less)
Mason Cross I go and do something else for a while - read, see a movie, go for a walk. A long walk is a really good way to clear the cobwebs.

But at the end of th…more
I go and do something else for a while - read, see a movie, go for a walk. A long walk is a really good way to clear the cobwebs.

But at the end of the day, the only way to break out of a block is to write, get the words down on the page, even if they suck.

My motto: you can fix everything in the next draft.(less)
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I wrote at least 100 words a day for a year

This time last year, I set myself a small challenge. The goal was to write a minimum of 100 words a day on a side project, other than my main book, every single day of the year.



I did it. As you can probably guess, otherwise I wouldn't be blogging about it.
And most of the time, it wasn't too difficult to fit in. 100 words can literally be done in a couple of minutes. You can do it while wai Read more of this blog post »
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