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Alan Donaghue

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Military service followed by a pan-European management career based in Switzerland, Additionally I have put pen to paper as a journalist, desk editor, international magazine editor and editor/publisher of subscription magazines.

NOTE: MY CONTRIBUTION WAS CUT OFF BY AN ACCIDENT OVER A YEAR AGO. I HOPE TO RESTART SHORTLY. MY APOLOGIES TO EVERYONE FOR NOT RESPONDING IN THE MEANTIME.

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Crime fiction and thrillers plus quality fiction in any genre.

Recommended reads here:
Zitheron, by EAM Harris

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts or Authonomists bearing praise.

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Action!

Alan Donaghue

Murder and intrigue in Coalition Iraq. A whodunit for armchair detectives, a mystery novel for everyone else.


When the cutting room team of a troupe of TV actors stumbles upon their footage being turned into insurgent propaganda, the discovery set off a violent reaction; witnesses die or disappear. A stunt actor and a misfit soldier survive assassination attempts and, aided by two enterprising paramedics, set about unmasking the killers. The foursome uncover a devious threat to peace from a least expected quarter.

Chapter 11 is as far as it goes without whodunit give-aways.

I will return commented backings and do an editor's read for every serious critique received.

 

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jrevino wrote 254 days ago

Hello, my name is James Revino. I am the author of ‘Hollow.’ I was wo....

cynthiababy wrote 351 days ago

HELLO, My name is Cynthia Donatus,I am interested in your prof....

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KirkH wrote 595 days ago

Hi Alan, I hope you can get a chance to read parts of my college cap....

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I wrote 1042 days ago

Flawless writing, cinematic scenes, clever hijacking of history, trenchant tongue in cheek humor and acerbic observations on the mores of the time as well as those of our own. This is a majestic Billie Wilder movie in the making. As far as I'm concerned the only problem is information overload. ... view book

I wrote 1043 days ago

Most of the commentators so far have criticised the high flown vocabulary. I am limiting my comments to a single change to the opening block and generally applicable suggestions to improve the flow between the geophilosophical arguments throughout the piece; e.g., suggestions to improve the storyte... view book

I wrote 1048 days ago

Sorry, I do not do automatic swap reads and am unqualified to do a serious critique of any medical MS. The only useful comments I can make is that you could cut out quite a few adjectives. A little confusion is caused by you categorizing it as both a biography and a romance novel; it can't be both. ... view book

I wrote 1051 days ago

I always provide detailed critiques in my comments. This time I find nothing to criticize. Faultless writing, strong story and presumably a really tied-together plot. This is a yarn totally in tune with itself. It just flows off the pen, which usually means that you must have sweated hours over ever... view book

I wrote 1052 days ago

Hi Alan, A comment about your header text, not your manuscript. Use it to practice creating a strapline and back cover blurb which you will need when pitching to an agent. Yours reads too much like a precis at the moment. Take a look at mine as a guide to length of the blurb and surgical stripping ... view book

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