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Will Once

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Laughter in a crazy world...

Life is too short for bad wine, a home without love or a world without humour.

Back in the twenty teens, I tried my hand at this novel writing thing. I had a great time, met some lovely people and scratched a major issue.

Now I have reached the tender age of 60. I have retired from the UK civil service and have lots of free time. So I'm getting back into the writing - 12 years since I started.

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Will Once Is billionaire a job? If so, I'd like to apply...

Seriously, my current profession is part consultant and part writer. I write when I am not being a co…more
Is billionaire a job? If so, I'd like to apply...

Seriously, my current profession is part consultant and part writer. I write when I am not being a consultant - it's a bit like Conan Doyle when he worked as a doctor. In between patients he would write his stories about the world's first consulting detective.

What I would really like to do is to be a full-time writer. Then the consultancy work can fall away like a butterfly shedding its old skin. (less)
Will Once I try to do something other than writing. Going for a walk, working on another project, writing a different part of the book. That seems to let the su…moreI try to do something other than writing. Going for a walk, working on another project, writing a different part of the book. That seems to let the subconscious chew on the problem in the background.

If that doesn't work, whisky.

And if that doesn't work, more whisky.(less)
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Love, Death and Tea

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Once Upon a Chess Game

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The language tango

I have long been fascinated by shampoo. You might think this is strange. Due to my advancing years, my hair is no longer receding – it is making a full-on retreat. Can you still call it a hairline when what remains is wholly behind your head? The thing that fascinates me about shampoo is how…
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It's one of those "on the one hand, on the other hand" sort of affairs.

On the one hand, Michael Palin's diaries record the minutiae of an interesting life and a downright nice person.

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For me I'd file this one in the "guilty pleasure" filing cabinet. It's the story of a master criminal turned into an agent for the good guys who uses technology to overcome any problem. When I say "technology" I mean the kinds of gadgets that the ear ...more
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It's a Stephen King so it's well written with strong characters and an intriguing premise. I loved The Stand to bits, so was really looking forward to this one.

The fact that it was also a television series didn't hurt. And it was a book that Stephen
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“Did you hear about Katie Parkinson? ... She's going out with Christopher... They've been kissing."

"It was like a Semtex explosion in my brain. I did not know whether to cry or run away.”
Will Once, Global Domination for Beginners

“It’s all about truth,” he said. “We don’t trust governments because they don’t tell us the truth. They make every story sound like it’s good news, even when it’s not. Those who are in power sing their own praises. Those who aren’t in power criticise those that are. And no-one tells the whole truth. That’s why we look for conspiracies. We know we are being lied to. We just don’t know what they are lying to us about.”
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“We were a gang. We were three. Like the Fantastic Four, but without the big orange one.”
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