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Tim Jopling

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Born

in Croydon, The United Kingdom

June 26, 1977

Website

http://www.timjopling.com

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Genre

Thriller, Suspense, Crime

Influences

Michael Crichton, Ian Fleming, Henning Mankell

Member Since

August 2014

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My name is Tim Jopling and I love any spy and espionage books, TV, or films! People always say you write about what you know and although I've never had any personal experience (I've worked in the IT sector for 16 years!) I've read a lot of novels (you can't really beat the original Ian Fleming novels in my opinion) and watched as many TV shows and films as I possibly can. I'm a big James Bond fan (not the spoofy ones, my favourites are the grittier ones with Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton is my favourite Bond - nothing to do with the name mind you!) and loved all the seasons of 24.

There were a number of things that made me want to try writing. I remember several years ago when I watched one of the Mission Impossible film ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 318 ratings · 22 reviews · 6 distinct works • Similar authors

	Out of the Shadows (Akira and Deane Thriller, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 248 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Underground Murmurs (Akira and Deane Thriller, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Double Cross: (Akira and Deane Series Book 3) (Akira and Deane Thriller Series) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Underground Murmurs: (Akira and Deane Series Book 2) by Tim Jopling (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (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
	Out of the Shadows: (Akira and Deane Series Book 1) by Tim Jopling (Goodreads Author), Virtual Voice (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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Revised versions of the Akira and Deane Thriller Series

Listening to review feedback is so important as a writer if you ask me. So much so that I went back to my novels 'Out of the Shadows' and 'Underground Murmurs' and made significant changes.

In particular I re-wrote the start of 'Out of the Shadows' to focus more on the main characters of Olsen and Deane. I also added in an additional Akira storyline and made some other tweaks throughout.

I also used Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 26, 2016 06:08 • Tags: akira-and-deane, book-reviews, free-download, pro-writing-aid

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“Oh, no…I was just taking an interest.”
― Tim Jopling, Underground Murmurs

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Tim’s Quotes

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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“To be brave, by definition, one has first to be afraid.”
― Robert Harris, Pompeii

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“Police work wouldn't be possible without coffee," Wallander said.
"No work would be possible without coffee."
They pondered the importance of coffee in silence.”
― Henning Mankell, One Step Behind

tags: coffee

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