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On Writing, with Jim Fusilli
I had the chance to talk about writing with my old friend Jim Fusilli, celebrated author and onetime rock music critic of the Wall Street Journal, for his podcast Writers at Work. You can listen to our musings below. It’s well worth browsing Jim’s backlist of previous interviews too. There are some fascinating figures in…
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Carpaccio’s Dog — download link fix
Sorry about this morning — the download link for Carpaccio’s Dog didn’t do what I said it would. If you’re already subscribed, here it is directly, no faffing about: PDF: https://davidhewson.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carpaccios_Dog.pdfEPUB + PDF (ZIP): https://davidhewson.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Carpaccios_Dog_ebook.zip And if you’re new here and haven’t grabbed it yet — subscribing gets it sent straight to you, along with…
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Carpaccio’s Dog — A Free Short Story
A free short story set in Castello on a bitter January night, adapted from Carnival for the Dead — download it as an ebook when you subscribe.
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What does it take to become a writer?
Any book is a massive undertaking requiring commitment, skill, determination and an extraordinary amount of perspiration. Most people with half a feel for language and fiction can write a thousand words or so to kick off a story. Many can make it to some kind of mid-point. A few get to the end, and a…