Tag Archives: Anastasia

Doh! Did I just do that?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by [email protected]

Doh! So if your inbox was inundated with Colin Falconer blog posts on Monday, I apologize. My bad. I was housekeeping the blog, editing a few old posts and I pressed the publish instead of the update button. How did … Continue reading →

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SPEED DATING FOR AUTHORS

Posted on July 28, 2014 by [email protected]

After indie, trad publishing can feel to most authors like they’re being slowly beaten to death with wet lettuce. These days I can draft, write, edit, proof read and have a book selling very nicely thank you, in the time … Continue reading →

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9½ UGLY RUMOURS ABOUT RASPUTIN THE MAD MONK

Posted on September 15, 2013 by [email protected]

If you Google ‘world’s most evil men’, chances are that - after Osama bin Laden and Donald Trump - the name Rasputin will come up. Rasputin was a Russian mystic who became a close adviser to the Romanovs. It was … Continue reading →

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HOW NOT TO MURDER ELEVEN PEOPLE

Posted on July 24, 2013 by [email protected]

You have eleven unarmed people imprisoned in a house. Six are women, one is a child. The state’s local resources are at your entire disposal, including an execution team. Considering you have the right psychopathic tendencies, murdering them and hiding … Continue reading →

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WHO WAS ANASTASIA?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by [email protected]

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IS THERE LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by [email protected]

“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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ANASTASIA’S SECRET - and what it means to you

Posted on November 30, 2012 by [email protected]

We all like to think we know who we are. But do we really? Are you where you were born? Are you your family, your friends, the place you were born, the place you lived? It is a question we … Continue reading →

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9½ GREAT WRITING TIPS FROM 9½ GREAT WRITERS

Posted on November 26, 2012 by [email protected]

Here’s some great writing tips for new and established writers … 1. A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people - Thomas Mann Why should it be more difficult? We write for … Continue reading →

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MEMORIES OF ANASTASIA

Posted on February 1, 2012 by [email protected]

When I wrote Anastasia ten years ago there was still a lingering doubt about whether she had survived the botched execution in which the rest of her family were murdered. What was more certain was that the man who organised … Continue reading →

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