Ask the Author: Gavin R. Dobson
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Gavin R. Dobson
My most recent book was Jaunts With Jack (2013), a short vignette about a wonderful lady: her life was a biographer's gift.
The Accidental Shepherd came out shortly before (Librario 2012). It was the fourth book in the Geordie Kinloch series of short stories inspired by a fictitious character who always gets out of tricky situations of his own making.
The Accidental Shepherd came out shortly before (Librario 2012). It was the fourth book in the Geordie Kinloch series of short stories inspired by a fictitious character who always gets out of tricky situations of his own making.
Gavin R. Dobson
There is a story in everything. You just need imagination and effort to bring it out.
Gavin R. Dobson
A novel about the First World War, a Children's story book illustrated by Bonnie Kinloch and a book about mountaineering for the elderly.
Gavin R. Dobson
Never lose faith that you will break through.
Keep writing. Even if it's flow-of-consciousness nonsense, it can be edited later.
Seek real criticism away from friends and family. Don't be upset if you get it.
Explore all forms of publication: you may be able to self-publish far more effectively than in the past.
Keep writing. Even if it's flow-of-consciousness nonsense, it can be edited later.
Seek real criticism away from friends and family. Don't be upset if you get it.
Explore all forms of publication: you may be able to self-publish far more effectively than in the past.
Gavin R. Dobson
Freedom. Writing is the last unregulated industry: just watch the libel and copyright laws.
Gavin R. Dobson
My problem is the opposite: too many ideas that need to be channelled to the right place.
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