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Tag Archives: Sandra Unerman
Fantasy and Historical Perspective by Sandra Unerman
‘There is nothing like looking if you want to find something…’ but what you find is not always quite the something you were after. So says the narrator of The Hobbit when the dwarves go looking for shelter from a … Continue reading
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Research for Genre Fiction: by Sandra Unerman
If you write fantasy or science fiction, what kind of research do you need to do and why? I write historical fantasy, where the story is set in the cracks between what we know of the past. Some of my … Continue reading
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Unforeseen Consequences by Sandra Unerman
If I hadn’t been to Milford, I might never have become an MA. When I retired after thirty-four years as a Government lawyer, I wanted to work hard at my writing of fiction, as I’d not had the time or … Continue reading
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Tagged Creative Writing MA, David Rain, Middlesex University, Milford, Sandra Unerman, Tom Arden
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