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Mar 31
3 min

RESEARCH: AND LEAVING YOURSELF OPEN TO CRITICISM!

I think that one of the hardest and most rewarding aspects of writing historical fiction is the research. It is at once both really...

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Simon Fairfax

Aug 13, 2020
1 min

HE SHOULD HAVE WORN A MASK!

No not that kind of mask, one of these. I have just finished researching and writing the first in my new historical novels series and...

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Simon Fairfax

May 19, 2020
2 min

Seeing life through clearer spectacles.

There is little doubt that this crisis has touched all of us to a greater or lesser degree. We can all see the harm that it has done, but...

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Simon Fairfax

May 3, 2020
1 min

CRISIS, WHAT CRISIS?

It's a funny old life, the life of an author. I get up walk the dogs or go for a run, come back breakfast and retreat to my study to...

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Simon Fairfax

Mar 22, 2020
1 min

A CLASH OF SWORDS AND WORDS

I have given Rupert Brett a rest for a little while, so as not to get stale and have started writing my medieval series. The first of...

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Simon Fairfax

Mar 15, 2020
1 min

NEW YEAR BLOG

A belated Happy New Year! Leading up to Christmas was a busy time with Christmas Fairs and book signings. It was frenetic but fun. In...

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Simon Fairfax

Mar 15, 2020
2 min

PLOTTING AN INTERNATIONAL STORYLINE

Plotting a novel is always good fun and never more so than when it involves travelling to another country that I have never been to...

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Simon Fairfax

Mar 15, 2020
2 min

BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE!

As you will probably gather I love carrying out the research for my books and this was no exception. Now on the fourth book of the...

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WELCOME TO THE BEGINNING – NO DEAL’S DONE ’TIL IT’S DONE

Simon Fairfax

Mar 15, 2020
3 min

WELCOME TO THE BEGINNING – NO DEAL’S DONE ’TIL IT’S DONE

Posted in Deal Series and tagged Deal Series, Life of an Author, Rupert Brett on November 19, 2018. Leave a comment I began writing my...

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