Interview on Radio Dacorum's Wednesday Live with Leslie Tate

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I will be making an appearance on local writer Leslie Tate's 'Wednesday Live' talk and music show on Wednesday 29th January from 8 - 9pm. Or at least my voice will.

We will be discussing writing science and speculative fiction, what's involved in getting your book conceptualised, written and hopefully published and other random stuff about writing. Leslie himself is an an accomplished author so it should prove an interesting exchange of experiences and approaches to the subject. Please tune in, if you can, to Radio Dacorum for a listen.

I've also chosen four of my favourite music tracks (10cc, Steely Dan, XTC and Procol Harum actually) and will hopefully get a chance to rattle on about why I think they're a particularly fab example of the art of writing 70's story-arc rock lyrics which we unfortunately seem to have lost these days.

Happy listening!

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