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Lee Parry

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in Manchester , The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.themire.co.uk

Twitter

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Garth Ennis, Joss Whedon, Stephen King

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Lee Parry is a native of Manchester, England, and studied French and Spanish at Manchester Metropolitan University. He promptly put this hard-won knowledge to good use by moving to China for seven years and forgetting everything his lecturers taught him.

Lee has taught at a private school in the city of Xi'an, central China, for almost eight years, and enjoys the intellectually edifying experience of instructing seven-year-olds in the intricacies of such sentences as 'a dog can run'.

Lee has self-published a single novel thus far: a post-apocalyptic steampunk revenge story entitled 'Tell no Tales', which deals with one boy's quest to avenge his family's murder at the hands of a mysterious man from the cities that float above the ruins of hi ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Lee Parry I generally don't! I will go months without writing if writer's block hits, one of my more annoying habits. I find the first sentence is the one that …moreI generally don't! I will go months without writing if writer's block hits, one of my more annoying habits. I find the first sentence is the one that makes or breaks a chapter. When I do come back to a piece, I'll try out a variety of opening sentences until something clicks, and then follow it where it goes. (less)

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Lee Parry The point where a plot or character stops being something you created and starts becoming something in of itself. When a character's actions are dicta…moreThe point where a plot or character stops being something you created and starts becoming something in of itself. When a character's actions are dictated by their personalities rather than your whims, when a plot goes in its own organic direction rather than following your initial sketches; that is an extremely satisfying feeling as a writer. (less)

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Average rating: 4.25 · 20 ratings · 11 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Tell No Tales 4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Of Airships & Automatons: Tales of Steam and Science by A. Victoria Jones (Editor), Nicole Lavigne (Goodreads Author), Ross Baxter really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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

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Innocence Lost in the Savage North!

“What he did… I reckon I wouldn’t mind seein’ him in the ground, after that. I reckon I’d quite like te see him dead.”

A childhood in the verdant wasteland of the North is never an easy thing — less so when one’s family is brutally slain!

As rumours continue to filter down from the northern Mire regarding a devastating massacre in a small back-water town, so too do reports of an aged gentleman

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