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Thomas Corfield

Hyper-characterisation

One of the things that stands out about Thomas’ writing, besides it being dreadful, is appalling characterisation. In an interview with...

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Write Quietly And Carry A Large Pen

Occasionally, Thomas stumbles across a writer—often in a library—keen to advertise how brilliant their writing is, by sighing, weeping,...

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The New Fiction: Dullism

Thomas was advised by a fellow writer (one who could write, as opposed to the “vague arrangement of loosely related words” she described...

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Third Person Avoids Embarrassment

After an argument, Thomas was advised not to write his blog in the third person because it implied that he wasn’t responsible for it. He...

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Why Edit Fiction? I Mean, It's Fiction.

Recently, Thomas attended a writers’ conference in Newcastle where he gave a presentation entitled “Is editing really necessary?”...

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What Audience?

A good excuse for Thomas having no idea who his audience might be, is the notion that the genre of the Dooven books is such a convoluted...

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Is Bad Writing Always Bad Writing?

One of the advantages about writing novels badly is that there’s the likelihood of improving over time. But what if one doesn’t want to...

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The New James Bond Theme

I like James Bond—but only the early films. The ones from the 60s and 70s. It has nothing to do with the actors and everything to do with...

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The New Logo

Here we have the original Velvet Paw of Asquith logo meeting the new ebook digital logo. Unfortunately, branding makes Thomas think of...