I'm 'delighted' to hear from Thoughtcat that venerable local organ The Richmond & Twickenham Times reports this week on the story of All My Own Work's publication, under the headline 'Disgraced author's new offering'. There doesn't appear to be an online version of the story as yet, but Richard (or rather 'Ron' as the Times has it!) has done an excellent cut'n'paste job with the press cutting (are you sure we didn't work at the same company back in the nineties, Rich?) and has updated the 'Thought Cat' site with the (offending) article. Meanwhile, I'm going back to my sticky rice...
In disgrace,
Steve
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Background...
- Steve Miles
- A few years ago my novel "All My Own Work" was named a winner of The Leonard Sankey Awards for New Talent in Fiction (www.sankeyawards.org.uk). Billed at the time as one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the UK, it promised a cheque for £10,000, a place on a top-quality writing course and the guidance of a professional editor. However, as well reported in the media at the time, I was controversially stripped of the award and "All My Own Work" was never published - until now...
