John Fullerton’s Blog junedays Painful but essential reading Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan by Frank Ledwidge, Yale University Press, New... DetailsSep 13, 2023| John Fullerton junedays Blacksmith Last night I completed the first draft of a new novel. I have a distinct feeling that this will eventually be locked... DetailsJul 17, 2023| John Fullerton junedays Lower Than Angels I’m sure everyone has lots of ideas for novels. Who hasn’t been approached by someone bursting to impart a ‘brilliant’... DetailsMar 30, 2023| John Fullerton junedays Review: The Big Breach by Richard Tomlinson Cutting Edge Press, Edinburgh, 2001 Richard Tomlinson was a brilliant young spy. The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service... DetailsJan 27, 2023| John Fullerton junedays Emperor Some people say one should write about what one knows. I have — until now. My first novel was written in a spasm of... DetailsNov 14, 2022| John Fullerton junedays The Emperor’s Proof Reading The proof reading did not start well. An idealistic young person, a recent graduate in English literature, took it... DetailsOct 20, 2022| John Fullerton junedays Beautiful rejections Leaving aside those publishers who don’t respond at all to submissions (and there were surprisingly many in my case,... DetailsSep 28, 2022| John Fullerton junedays The Writer’s Waiting Game For me, waiting is the worst part of the writing business. I try to get on with the next project, of course, but... DetailsJul 13, 2022| John Fullerton junedays Red Widow – a review A highly entertaining spy thriller and, for me, as someone who tries to write spy novels, an important lesson in how... DetailsMay 11, 2022| John Fullerton junedays How Not To Get Published The book industry is on the whole of the gentler, kinder sort. Publishers and literary agents tend to be pleasant and... DetailsApr 22, 2022| John Fullerton junedays Book review: How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence by David Omand I can imagine that the publishers were dazzled by the... DetailsApr 22, 2022| John Fullerton junedays Inspiration? What inspiration? I was asked this question by my agent. I’m sorry, I said, but there wasn’t one. At least, there was no single... DetailsMar 15, 2022| John Fullerton « Older Entries b LATEST POSTS Painful but essential reading Blacksmith Lower Than Angels Review: The Big Breach by Richard Tomlinson Emperor The Emperor’s Proof Reading Z FOLLOW ME FollowFollow k CONTACT ME Contact John by email: johnfullerton@riseup.net
junedays Painful but essential reading Losing Small Wars: British Military Failure in Iraq and Afghanistan by Frank Ledwidge, Yale University Press, New... DetailsSep 13, 2023| John Fullerton
junedays Blacksmith Last night I completed the first draft of a new novel. I have a distinct feeling that this will eventually be locked... DetailsJul 17, 2023| John Fullerton
junedays Lower Than Angels I’m sure everyone has lots of ideas for novels. Who hasn’t been approached by someone bursting to impart a ‘brilliant’... DetailsMar 30, 2023| John Fullerton
junedays Review: The Big Breach by Richard Tomlinson Cutting Edge Press, Edinburgh, 2001 Richard Tomlinson was a brilliant young spy. The UK’s Secret Intelligence Service... DetailsJan 27, 2023| John Fullerton
junedays Emperor Some people say one should write about what one knows. I have — until now. My first novel was written in a spasm of... DetailsNov 14, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays The Emperor’s Proof Reading The proof reading did not start well. An idealistic young person, a recent graduate in English literature, took it... DetailsOct 20, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays Beautiful rejections Leaving aside those publishers who don’t respond at all to submissions (and there were surprisingly many in my case,... DetailsSep 28, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays The Writer’s Waiting Game For me, waiting is the worst part of the writing business. I try to get on with the next project, of course, but... DetailsJul 13, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays Red Widow – a review A highly entertaining spy thriller and, for me, as someone who tries to write spy novels, an important lesson in how... DetailsMay 11, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays How Not To Get Published The book industry is on the whole of the gentler, kinder sort. Publishers and literary agents tend to be pleasant and... DetailsApr 22, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays Book review: How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence How Spies Think: Ten Lessons in Intelligence by David Omand I can imagine that the publishers were dazzled by the... DetailsApr 22, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays Inspiration? What inspiration? I was asked this question by my agent. I’m sorry, I said, but there wasn’t one. At least, there was no single... DetailsMar 15, 2022| John Fullerton