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Roo I MacLeod
Jan 18, 20171 min read
In darkness the light shines brigtest
'Black as pitch them eyes, black as disease and disorder and hate and lies.' Ever since the 'Damn Stupid' life has been tipped up and...
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Roo I MacLeod
Oct 5, 20161 min read
Finished, sure. No?
Writers Blog 05102016 My worst fears have been realized … My mate Tommmy doesn’t read. Never has. Buys the Sun and looks at the pictures....
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Roo I MacLeod
Oct 5, 20161 min read
I love a sunburnt country?
I grew up in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne and didn't meet an indigenous person until my mid twenties. So this book was a shock to...
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Roo I MacLeod
Oct 5, 20161 min read
The Hangman is Kind
The Hangman's Daughter Oliver Pötzsch Title: The Hangman’s Daughter Author: Oliver Pötzsch, Translated by Lee Chadeayne Genre:...
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Roo I MacLeod
Sep 12, 20161 min read
The Chalk Circle Man
Blue chalk circles are being drawn around random objects. A pigeon’s foot, a cigarette lighter etc and the media is rife with theories as...
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Roo I MacLeod
Sep 8, 20164 min read
How do you find time to write?
Writers blog 07092016 My worst fears have been realized … I woke with three hounds at my face. It was 5.30am and I’d fallen into my...
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Roo I MacLeod
Aug 12, 20161 min read
United States of Confusion
The United States of Japan by Peter Tieryas Imagine the if the USA had lost to Japan, and Europe had lost to Hitler. No, it’s not Philip...
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Roo I MacLeod
Aug 3, 20163 min read
What Makes Writing Good?
Writers Blog 04082016 My worst fears have been realized … I exaggerate of course because this has been a good month. No alcohol. A whole...
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Roo I MacLeod
Aug 3, 20162 min read
I find People
This novel is good. It has bucket loads of suspense, two good characters as protagonists and two particularly good baddies. Of course you...
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Roo I MacLeod
Jun 10, 20162 min read
Wool is Cool
Finally a book I couldn’t put down. It has been a long barren spell for me, but Wool is a cracking read. The world has gone to crap. The...
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Roo I MacLeod
May 27, 20162 min read
Nordic Not
Don't you live for a page turner? Seriously I do. I don't want every book to slap me when I think about putting it down. I want the world...
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Roo I MacLeod
May 9, 20162 min read
Editing is an Obsession
Writer's Blog 09052016 My worst fears have been realized ... Back on the beer, but the weight appears to be holding firm. Please don't...
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Roo I MacLeod
Apr 10, 20161 min read
P is for Publish
Writers Blog 06042016 My worst fears have been realized … Two months since my last communication. Procrastination rules, but today all...
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The Hapless Writer
Jan 14, 20161 min read
Cinder by Marissa Meyer
From page one this book kicks arse and digs up an old fairy tale and plants it in a future far far away. Earth is the grip of a plague,...
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Roo
Nov 23, 20151 min read
In a cage fight, Katniss or Saba
Blood Red Road by Moira Young is raw, arid, grit in your eyes compelling and it drags you into a world of hopeless, praying the main...
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Roo I Macleod
Oct 15, 20153 min read
I want an agent, and I want one now
My worst fears have been confirmed … I’m not going to share my actual weight reading with you. Me and the scales once laughed together at...
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Roo I MacLeod
Oct 12, 20151 min read
Jessie Burton-The Miniaturist, reviewed by The Hapless Writer
The Miniaturist is set in Amsterdam in the 17th century and concerns a country girl, Nella, and her sham marriage to a rich merchant with...
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Roo I MacLeod
Sep 15, 20152 min read
The Blinded Man-A Review
The Blinded Man by Arne Dahl Two powerful business men have been murdered and Swedish powers fear a serial killer is on the loose. A task...
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Roo I MacLeod
Sep 15, 20153 min read
Hapless Writer-The Confusion that is Self-Publishing Promotion/Marketing
Writers Blog 15092015 My worst fears have been realized … I stepped on the scales the other day and it told me I’d lost three stone and I...
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Roo I Macleod
Aug 16, 20153 min read
The Hapless Writer-Life is like a marathon
The Writer's Blog 16082015 My worst fears have been realized ... The scales died last night. Honest guv I went no where near them. Well...
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Roo I Macleod
A Death Can Inspire
Sankofa by Chibundu Onuzo features Anna Bain as its main character. She is a middle aged, unfulfilled lady, trying to decide if she...


Roo I Macleod
It's a dark and evil lonely place
Dorothy B Hughes novel In a lonely Place reeks menace and oozes evil. It blankets its story in darkness and mists, which blur and obscure...


Roo I Macleod
Catching a Sparrow is Easy-Coming Soon
In the dystopian world of Albion Minor, drugs and knife crime rule the capitol, Old London Town. To rid the city of this blight the Man...
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