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The confessions of a midlist writer - what nobody sets out to be, but the destination of most.

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6 April 2007 Writing income for the year so far: minus £300 'I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope drives all writers on.'It's unlikely that you'll know Chris Paling's face or have heard his name. This is his diary of trying to make a living as a writer, through the typical career trajectory of what is deemed a 'mid-list novelist'. Publishing rule 6: there is no such thing as a 'l...

Un giovane pittore maledetto, un critico d'arte assassinato, una Londra cupa e lugubre dei primi del Novecento. Reilly è un giovane artista alla ricerca del successo e della fama: non ancora baciato dalla fortuna, vive in una misera soffitta in compagnia del fedele cane Nimrod, circondato da quadri invenduti e tele incomplete. Una sera di pioggia battente il critico più potente di tutta Londra bussa alla sua porta, affascinato dal suo talento....

When Gordon Meadow's life falls apart, it does so with remarkable suddenness. A glass of wine overturned at a dinner party leads to a quick screw with his hostess which leads to ...calamity. Gordon with a dead end job as a teacher, is the sort of man who knows a little about quite a number of thing but not so much about anything in particular.

Much of the dialogue is worth of Alan Bennett' SpectatorWhen novelist Chris Paling went for a job at his local library, he anticipated a quiet life. It took two hours between the stacks to discover that the reality was somewhat different. Chris found that at times the library is an extension of A&E, at others a hostel for the homeless, a psychiatric ward, a crime scene, a study hall, a place of safety, a boxing ring, a confessional booth, a th...

Rumble, Tumble and Titch, three cute koala bears, are just trying to live a normal life in the Australian bushlands. As the eldest, Rumble is wise, responsible and always serious. Tumble is loveable, shy and coy, but should not be underestimated. Titch, the brave one, often acts before thinking of the consequences, but is very protective of his brother and sister. Although they can sometimes act as many siblings do, these cuddly bears truly lo...

Reilly is an impoverished painter who lives alone in a shabby garret, with only his unsold canvases and his faithful dog Nimrod for company. He seems destined to remain in artistic obscurity until the most influential art critic of the time begins to notice his talent. But no sooner has he found a patron than the critic is found downed in a local canal and the trail leads directly back to Reilly. From Reilly¿s prison cell in Edwardian London t...