John Fullerton’s Blog 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 junedays The Emperor’s Pool The Emperor’s Pool is the provisional title of a contemporary political thriller I’ve just finished and which I’m... DetailsFeb 21, 2022| John Fullerton junedays Signing on with a literary agent I’ve signed up with Justin Nash, managing director of the Kate Nash Literary Agency. He’s the first literary agent... DetailsFeb 8, 2022| John Fullerton junedays Book Review – Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer by Peter Wright It is indeed candid, all too candid in the eyes of Margaret Thatcher who tried to ban this riveting book... DetailsJan 27, 2022| John Fullerton « Older Entries b LATEST POSTS Review: The Big Breach by Richard Tomlinson Emperor The Emperor’s Proof Reading Beautiful rejections The Writer’s Waiting Game Red Widow – a review Z FOLLOW ME FollowFollow k CONTACT ME Contact John by email: johnfullerton@riseup.net
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
junedays The Emperor’s Pool The Emperor’s Pool is the provisional title of a contemporary political thriller I’ve just finished and which I’m... DetailsFeb 21, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays Signing on with a literary agent I’ve signed up with Justin Nash, managing director of the Kate Nash Literary Agency. He’s the first literary agent... DetailsFeb 8, 2022| John Fullerton
junedays Book Review – Spy Catcher: The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intelligence Officer by Peter Wright It is indeed candid, all too candid in the eyes of Margaret Thatcher who tried to ban this riveting book... DetailsJan 27, 2022| John Fullerton