A matter of life or death, or something in between…
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Andrew Mosley • Author/Writer
About THE AUTHOR
AS a journalist for more than 30 years, people could be forgiven for assuming I’ve written plenty of fiction.
I haven’t. Well, not until now.
Aside from a short story — featured in the Newsletter section below — published in a collection while I was working on the Craven Herald & Pioneer in Skipton in the early 1990s, it’s been news, previews, reviews and features for papers, magazines and websites.
From Yorkshire to Devon (health reporter on the Express & Echo and music writer for various magazines) to Greater Manchester (features editor and assistant editor on the Bolton Evening News) and back to God’s Own (well, South Yorkshire where I live with my partner, and until recently edited the Rotherham Advertiser), the fiction stayed inside my head until inspiration struck on a holiday just outside Sorrento.
It was far from being a complete idea and the true lightbulb moment came when I stumbled upon a dilapidated mansion on a Greek island.
As you will find out elsewhere, The Choreography of Ghosts is essentially a novel about loss, searching, finding and losing again - a life that, wherever it takes him, is never enough for sometimes successful novelist Michael Morrison.
It’s not about me, but safe to say I know how Mr Morrison feels.
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I haven’t. Well, not until now.
Aside from a short story — featured in the Newsletter section below — published in a collection while I was working on the Craven Herald & Pioneer in Skipton in the early 1990s, it’s been news, previews, reviews and features for papers, magazines and websites.
From Yorkshire to Devon (health reporter on the Express & Echo and music writer for various magazines) to Greater Manchester (features editor and assistant editor on the Bolton Evening News) and back to God’s Own (well, South Yorkshire where I live with my partner, and until recently edited the Rotherham Advertiser), the fiction stayed inside my head until inspiration struck on a holiday just outside Sorrento.
It was far from being a complete idea and the true lightbulb moment came when I stumbled upon a dilapidated mansion on a Greek island.
As you will find out elsewhere, The Choreography of Ghosts is essentially a novel about loss, searching, finding and losing again - a life that, wherever it takes him, is never enough for sometimes successful novelist Michael Morrison.
It’s not about me, but safe to say I know how Mr Morrison feels.
* For regular news, updates, free writing and more, subscribe at the top of the homepage or contact me via Facebook, email, Twitter or Instagram. Details are at the bottom of the page.
Newsletter
I walked old haunts on the streets of Devon as my character Michael Mosley does in the north of England and his new home in Italy. Then I performed at the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival - as did Rev Richard Coles.
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MICHAEL Morrison would be the first to admit he’s spent far too much of his 54 years thinking — over-thinking. A journalist who became disillusioned with his profession, he found success...
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How far does being born into the ‘right’ class get you in today’s world?
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A phone call offering me a job in journalism saved my life, but what do I do now?
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The rediscovery of a long abandoned building brings back memories and provokes a brief sense of freedom.
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Walking and thinking go hand in hand and provoke memories long ago filed away.
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A weekend brought back memories and the realisation that endings and beginnings are not so far removed from each other.
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Writing, like running, can be an extremely lonely pursuit, and sometimes you just have to stop.
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A chip retrieved from a Bridlington puddle while Kempes wins the World Cup for Argentina.
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