Changing Gears
Christopher JohnstonEssays on the emotional and physical consequences of work, and how they are portrayed in literary fiction.
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Show Me The Money
One of my favorite contemporary novels is Abundance by Jakob Guanzon.
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Fact in Fiction
In Our (litigious) Time
At every book event I’m asked some form of ‘Did this really happen?’ Readers want to know if the story is based on actual events. The knowledge that real people went through the events in a work of fiction can len...
Sláinte!
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Sláinte is a Gaelic word used among friends at pubs and at celebrations throughout Ireland, and wherever people of Irish heritage are gathered. On March 4th, 2025, at Brother Justus Whiskey Disti...
My Debut Novel - Where You Come From Is Gone - Published at Last!
The Final Steps to Publication
Last December I wrote about my path to publication in a post titled Rejection and Persistence on the Way to Publication. Since then my novel went though the final steps to publication. The publisher sent m...
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Author of the novel Where You Come From Is Gone. Moth storyteller. Cyclist. Recovering Management Consultant. Husky master.
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