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Toddington, UK

Not managed it yet, lol. Never have I ever gone mountain climbing

It's good to see the family, especially the kids, enjoying and valuing their time with each other. All of which is cleverly interspersed with glimpses of their past and hints at what the future holds. I love your writing @Carlos Hazday and I'm looking forward to reading the next chapter, thank you.

nope never have I ever been able to play the guitar

Hot Chocolate chocolate or blueberry muffins

GGTFMOTRAR. (There are no words begging with GG the is an acronym for a book title, Greenleaf Guide to Famous Men of the Renaissance and Reformation (book title))

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Yoxall, UK

A great interview with a great author, for those who haven't read any of Dodger's stories I recommend that you do. The two stories that stand out for me are A Soldier's Guide To Single Parenting and Pardon My Polari, both are set in time that I would consider recent history. Both are written in a way that draw you into the story, containing enough fact and detail that helps you to understand the atmosphere of the time. I have reviewed and rated both stories considering them recommended reads. I look forward to more new stories from Dodger in the future.

I've only used a flashback once, I'm guessing it was done well as it was received well by the readers and proved a popular part of the story for many. That was in The Boot Three Years On to give some background to The Boot and two of the story characters. I can only hope that if I have a need to use a flashback a gain I can repeat how well I managed it on that occasion and it is received as well by the readers. Flashbacks can be a useful story writing tool that I think should be used sparingly and only when they serve a useful purpose, they shouldn't be over used as a 'story filler', then it can make a story confusing.

I'm loving this, if anyone wants to know why it's simple. It's interesting, informative and entertaining as well as being a great way to get to know the family better and experience somewhere that I otherwise wouldn't be able to. Thanks carlos you continue to out-do yourself.

I usually like to watch the world cup but with all of the controversy, poor attitude and lack of support for the LGBTQ+ community worldwide this year I'm refusing to watch. I have no interest in it or who wins this year. I refuse to comment further as I won't give FIFA or any of its supporters opportunities to continue their argument. 🤐

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Nope, it doesn't interest me never have I ever caught a fish, I've never been fishing

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Ely, UK

usually

I was born in 1980 so the 1960's is history to me and in some respects fascinates me. I'm sure that life would have been very different for anyone growing up in that era compared to my youth. No mobile phones, black and white TV, computers being huge clunky things that filled a room and still being developed, it would be alien to me. I remember the first mobile phones being huge by today's standards, this size of a brick, earlier ones needing a briefcase to house the battery, how times have progressed, and not all for the better.

Maybe this is a good article for some stories to be recategorised, many authors write a contemporary story that is relevant to the time it is written. Such as a story written in the 1960's based in that time was considered contemporary at the time, obviously now it isn't as time has moved on. We now have mobile phones that were unheard of then and TV was black and white, to many readers now labelling such as story as contemporary would be misleading, so recategorising it as recent, or modern, history would probably be more relevant to that story. It can difficult to avoid the cultural elements as they may be essential to the story, when they are essential leaving them out is detrimental to the story and could lessen the readers enjoyment. Many readers want to be able to 'visualise' the story so the cultural elements become necessary, this enhances their enjoyment. @Comicality raises many good and very relevant points in this topic, conversely those points also raise many points that should be open to debate regarding story categories, one being should we recategorise or not? readers can, and do, appreciate stories that are based in recent/modern history but they should not be misled when a story really is no longer considered contemporary and now belongs in a different category. Thanks @Comicality for an interesting article, it is relevant and opens up a lot for future conversation.