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The new online space for Gary Raymond’s writing community and workshops - from idea to manuscript; get I evolved with discussions on structure, voice, character, and most importantly, how to turn that idea into a narrative that will engage readers.

Over my writing career, I’ve written three novels (one historical epic, one noir thriller, and a comedy), and three non-fiction books (a pop coffee-table biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, one about Love Actually, and one about the history of Welsh literature where I get lost in the underworld like Dante Alighieri), I’ve also written tens of thousands of words on Welsh art and culture when I was editor of Wales Arts Review, and I’ve been talking about the same stuff on my Radio Wales Arts Show for over eight years now. I have a PhD in creative and critical writing from Cardiff University where my research focussed on the story building around climate change narratives, and I have led workshops and taught creative writing at universities for over fifteen years.

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