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M.C. Smith

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M.C. Smith has been associated with HMS Belfast (London) for the last decade. Having met with many naval veterans and listened to their colourful stories of service around the world from the 1930s onwards, he naturally became enthusiastic about their history. Coupling this with his love for historical fiction, he decided to try and capture their spirit in his own words. THE NORTHERN BLOCKADE is his first novel.

He is also a volunteer at TS Constant (Sea Cadet Corps). www.facebook.com/MCSmithAuthor
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M.C. Smith Not having a great deal of time to allow writer's block, I sit in front of the computer screen and force words out. It can be mentally painful but I g…moreNot having a great deal of time to allow writer's block, I sit in front of the computer screen and force words out. It can be mentally painful but I generally find my characters start speaking to me a couple of paragraphs in. A good edit later on gets rid of the wishy-washy rubbish.(less)
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A First Novel

Of course, I have known that I would like to publish a novel for a long, long time. I was fascinated with books as a child then decided I might have something to add to the world of books sometime around 1990. The intervening years have seen me writing and ditching many a work, the few submitted inevitably rejected.

When I started working on THE NORTHERN BLOCKADE in 2013, I knew straight away that Read more of this blog post »
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Published on May 08, 2017 11:39
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