Category Archives: WRITING

800,000 BOOKS IN ONE DAY

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Colin Falconer

8½ THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT BARCELONA Barcelona is my new home town. No one understand a single word I say, but I love it already. The coffee is brilliant and there are little bars everywhere filled with people still … Continue reading →

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LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Colin Falconer

Many books succeed without a really great title. Just look at this week’s top five paperback fiction in the New York Times: Safe Haven, Odd Interlude, The Columbus Affair, Big Sky River and Catch Me. Not much that jumps out … Continue reading →

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IS THERE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Colin Falconer

“The first sigh of love is the last of wisdom.” Antoine Bret Ain’t that the truth. Love at first sight is particularly dangerous because we are blindsided; there is something mysterious about it, rare and inexplicable. As Marlowe said: ‘Whoe’er … Continue reading →

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HOW TO GO VIRAL AND STILL GET SCREWED

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Colin Falconer

Everyone wants to go viral - but what if someone else gets all the credit? You may recall that a few weeks ago I reported how the Daily Mail UK, ABC in New York Nine news in Australia and a … Continue reading →

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3 THINGS A RUSSIAN PRINCESS TAUGHT ME ABOUT WRITING

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Colin Falconer

Last month I was lucky enough to be invited to attend the Belgrade Book Fair. I have been to quite a few Book festivals in Australia and Asia; and of course I’ve heard about the book fairs in Frankfurt, London … Continue reading →

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WHAT IS FREEDOM OF SPEECH? ARE WE ALLOWED TO SAY?

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Colin Falconer

Having just returned from the Ubud Readers and Writers festival in Bali and met so many writers who have fought for the right to write, to say what they think or feel without the threat of imprisonment - or worse … Continue reading →

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AFTER THE DARK, THE LIGHT IS BORN: THE BALI WRITERS’ FESTIVAL

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Colin Falconer

On the 12th October, 2002 a violent Islamic sect detonated two bombs in a crowded nightclub on Kuta, Bali, killing 202 people and injuring 240 more, many of whom suffered horrific burns. 88 of the people who died were Australians … Continue reading →

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WHY I CAN’T READ THE NOVEL I WROTE

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Colin Falconer

They say you cannot step in the same river twice. Two weeks ago I published a novel for the first time here in the US that was a huge bestseller in Australia. The Naked Husband is very different from my … Continue reading →

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I GIVE AMAZON REVIEWS HALF A STAR

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Colin Falconer

It doesn’t happen often, but today I am really pissed off. Last week, we spoke at some length about bending the ‘truth’ in historical fiction. I believe we reached a sort of consensus that if an historical author messes with … Continue reading →

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THE BOOK IS DEAD. LONG LIVE THE BOOK

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Colin Falconer

For five hundred years nothing much changed; there was Gutenberg and moveable type. Then there was the quill, Shakespeare, the typewriter, Inspector Poirrot, the 21st century and before we knew it someone invented Amazon and who let the dogs out? … Continue reading →

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