In reply to smithaldo:
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> As much as I chuckle at some of your winter climbing posts Alex I must say this is a very good review, and very well written indeed. Will look out for your book if you can keep up a standard of writing like this. Book reviews are very hard to write I assume (given the rubbish that is usually out there) so well done.
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> As an aside, is your book a sort of fictional story with real people? Am just reading the end of the hunt by thomas someone or other set in ireland of 1919 onwards and that uses the format very well.
Thanks =)
My book is definitely fiction, but the boundary is a bit blurred--all of the characters (bar one) are real and as authentic as possible, and most of the events in the plot are also accurate. I've used artistic license where necessary, of course. But the core of the plot is based on history which is what makes it a cracking tale to write about. =)
Of course that also means I have to spend 70% of my time doing research, and only 30% actually writing! I've been working on it for 11 months now and am only a quarter of the way through ... that's pretty slow for me!