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Charlie Wilson

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About this author

I grew up with a pen in one hand and a book in the other. As a little girl I read the children’s section of my local library dry, and it was at that point that my grandmother suggested I could be a writer myself some day. Click. The dream was born.

Twenty-five years later, I'm all about books. Writing is both a day job and a personal pursuit. As well as developing and ghostwriting many books for other authors, I've three books published under my own name, others under pen names and several underway. Writing books, I've discovered, is seriously addictive.

Alongside my writing, I head up The Book Specialist, an editorial agency that’s passionate about supporting and inspiring authors. After a decade working in communications and publishing, si...more


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Not: And so, as the sun set over the horizon and the lions raced back to their dens, so far from the vehicle, satisfied by their kill.
But: And so, as the sun set over the horizon, the lions raced back to their dens, so far from the vehicle, satisfied by their kill.

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Published on May 20, 2013 02:05
Average rating: 4.25 · 12 ratings · 2 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors
How to Succeed as a Freelan...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010
Writing a Marketable Book. ...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012
Survival Guide for New Pare...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012

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I'm the author of three books - How to Succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing (currently on my author page), but also Writing a Marketable Boo...more
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Charlie Wilson voted for Burning Embers in Best Romance in the Opening Round of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards.
Burning Embers by Hannah Fielding
2012 Goodreads Choice Awards logo
Never Mind The Botox by Penny Avis
Chicklit for thinking women. Funny, engaging - the ideal commute/on the beach read.
Autobiography Of A One Year Old by Rohan Candappa
Autobiography Of A One Year Old
by Rohan Candappa
recommended for: anyone who was once a kid
read in January, 2003
If I could choose six stars, I would for this book – I absolutely love it. It’s pure genius and had me wandering about the supermarket in fits looking at children in trolleys and imagining what they were thinking. It’s Look Who’s Talking as a book, e...more
Charlie Wilson made a comment in the group WriterpediaThe Novel Prize 2012 topic
"For UK-based, unpublished authors, the Novel Prize offers a unique opportunity to explore professional self-publishing with the expert support of edit...more "
"My editorial agency, The Book Specialist, offers a full range of services for authors and publishers - from proofreading, copy-editing and development...more "
"My editorial agency, The Book Specialist, offers a full range of services for authors and publishers - from proofreading, copy-editing and development...more "
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Toni Morrison
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
Toni Morrison

Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”
Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ernest Hemingway
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
Ernest Hemingway

Alice Walker
“I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”
Alice Walker, The Color Purple

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