Richard Newton

Writer, dabbler, widely interested. Tweet on books, reviews & what takes my fancy. Post occasionally, engage/comment more. Agent: J.P. Marshall Literary Agency

[Richard Newton @RJNtalk]

What do I respond to on Twitter? Books, writing and writers; consulting and freelancing; accessible philosophy; a little politics; a bit of nature and mountaineering - and anything else I randomly find interesting. Does that even work as a mix?

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@Argos_Online - ordered something. Not delivered, and no way through your service of this being accepted. You just keep telling me it has been delivered. It hasn’t.

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Read my 4-star review of Solaris by Stanisław Lem
https://t.co/6QlJwmf0Ic

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Read my 4-star review of Pereira Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi
https://t.co/zqkoUR7ZHh

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@IlanaMiraL @TheBookshopMan I tend to avoid books with only positive reviews as it feels as if the reviews have been manipulated.

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@IlanaMiraL @TheBookshopMan I’ve got to agree. I review everything I read honestly . It’s just my view The review is not feedback for the author, but as something to share with other readers. I often learn most from negative reviews - and still often go onto read a book. I tend to avoid bo

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Read my 4-star review of Maigret Takes a Room by Georges Simenon
https://t.co/j0sWXsizMI

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@scottgould In philosophy I think this would get the word “meta” applied. But that would be giving too much credence/Credit to much of it, which seems either nonsense or desperate. Will we soon have people who show others how to make money showing others how to make money. Meta-meta

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Read my 5-star review of Niels Lyhne by Jens Peter Jacobsen
https://t.co/kH5R5meLAv

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@J_Gorraez She is an astonishing writer. So much in so few words.

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Read my 3-star review of Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
https://t.co/DEXWBURSTZ

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Read my 3-star review of The Immoralist by André Gide
https://t.co/7YTBcS9mig

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Read my 4-star review of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
https://t.co/AJyWRqP1t7

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The House of Doors by Tan Twan Eng
https://t.co/Y2P9baJEHo

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Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović
https://t.co/BEczt7JJ5U

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The Lost Pianos of Siberia by Sophy Roberts
https://t.co/ADROdzKvoG

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Read my 2-star review of Oscar and the Lady in Pink by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
https://t.co/Z3hEQLPvk5

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I’ve never owned a rental property but if I did I don’t think I’d expect the rental to cover the mortgage costs - if it does that is really a landlord getting a property for free. Or have I misunderstood something?

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@IngridRobeyns Thank you for the share. I’ve always been pro inheritance tax but not read any good material on it. I shall look into it with interest.

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@tinycharlotte72 I’m always sceptical of the “this is the way you write” sort if advice like “don’t edit as you go along”. I cannot think of any other creative endeavour where people focus so much on finding the one right way. Artists paint in different ways, why shouldn’t writers do the same?