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Monthly Archive for: "March, 2017"
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By Paddy
In Education, Explainer, research, writing
Posted March 21, 2017

The research trap

As I’ve been writing this novel, I’ve learned there’s a kind of sliding scale of authenticity when it comes to historical fiction. At one end of the scale, you can simply say [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Education, writing
Posted March 15, 2017

The Wicked Boy – review

I don’t often read true crime, but Kate Summerscale might have turned me into a devotee. At the very least I’ve become a devotee of her work. Her re-creation of the case of a [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Education, Explainer, fiction, Interviews, writing
Posted March 15, 2017

“How I Quit My Job And Wrote That Novel”

“I blame it all on one photograph I took on Printers Row in Chicago in 2001. It was of a newsstand where someone had scrawled: “Quit your job please follow your dream” in shoe [...]

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By Paddy
In Education, Lifestyle, Reviews, writing
Posted March 15, 2017

Getting past the roadblock

Writers hit roadblocks like everyone else. Maybe more than most. We cruise along, writing away, following a storyline, everything going swimmingly and then, just like that, we grind to a halt. My [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Economy, Explainer, fiction, finance, movies, News, writing
Posted March 7, 2017

35 great films about finance

I’m writing a novel that’s based in New York, in the period just after the first great financial crisis, the Panic of 1793. As part of my research, I’ve tried to read and watch [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, Branding, Business, Education, Explainer, Lifestyle, Marketing
Posted March 6, 2017

Show your work

A little over a year ago, I decided to make a slight career change. After 20 years reporting, editing and producing in every news medium, I thought I might try something new. I’ve always [...]

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