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Welcome to the free newsletter of David (D. V.) Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy
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Too much is too much (opens the original)
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Welcome to the free newsletter of David (D. V.) Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. This time: doing everything can become too much…Well, that was quite a weekThe last ten days were frantic (see last week’s newsletter for a glimpse of recent events). Teaching followed by three days at Bloody Scotland, followed by a dash to Lancaster for my PhD viva and back home again, followed by mentoring, teaching and teaching and more teaching, and finally my birt
Manic Monday (opens the original)
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Welcome to the free newsletter of David (D. V.) Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. This time: who needs sleep? Some would be nice…Sunday nightAs I type this paragraph it is Sunday night, September 20th 2026. I’ve been home a few hours after spending the weekend in Stirling for this year’s Bloody Scotland international crime writing festival. I dashed over there on Friday after teaching a class on the MA Creative Writing programme I lead at Edinburgh
New! (…but similar) (opens the original)
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Welcome to the free newsletter of David (D. V.) Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. This time: to change or to vary…To lead or to followThere is an old joke about the rise and fall of hot new things in Hollywood: Who’s Timothée Chalamet? Get me Timothée Chalamet! Get me someone like Timothée Chalamet... Who’s Timothée Chalamet? Trends in publishing can follow a similar trajectory, but with longer lead times and less use of such bold exclamations.<div
1st person vs 3rd person (opens the original)
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Welcome to the free newsletter of David (D. V.) Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. This time: Condition of Narration challenge…Not that kind of doctor…I’m preparing for my viva voce later this month, an oral examination where I will discuss and defend my doctoral thesis. This is nearing the end of a long road since I started my creative writing PhD at Lancaster University back in 2017, studying part-time via distance learning (the pandemic understand
Do writers ever stop? (opens the original)
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Welcome to the free newsletter of David (D. V.) Bishop, author of the Cesare Aldo historical thrillers set in Renaissance Italy. This time: when The End is the end…But first…I’m writing this week’s newsletter ahead of time as I’ll be away from my desk when you read these words. By the time it drops into your inbox it will be September already – how did that happen? The days are getting shorter, autumn is looming and before you know it we’ll be bracing ourselves for whatever 2027 has in store.<di
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