Ask the Author: Richard Brown
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Richard Brown
I had written from my early years contributing to a book on local history when in primary school...I say contribute...I wrote a couple of paragraphs. From then on I'd caught the bug but it was not until I started teaching that I began writing in earnest. First I wrote book reviews, something I've done ever since. Then came a request for an article on computing and history in 1976 and from a comment in that paper about the need for a series of books on documents, an approach from Macmillan to write for a Documents and Debates, a new series. The first book was published in 1980 and since then I've written over thirty books and fifty articles on history, education and politics. It's less a case of being inspired to write as enjoying writing.
Richard Brown
Playing and using words...putting them into sentence...then paragraphs...chapters...and books.
Richard Brown
Happens occasionally for short time. I find having a walk generally does the trick.
Richard Brown
First, just do it. Sitting and saying I want to write will not do. Unless you put quill to paper, you'll never know whether you can do it or not. Second, get some feedback from someone whose opinion you value and, importantly, who you know won't just say it's great. Finally, publish it yourself--if it's a book--using CreateSpace or Kindle.
Richard Brown
My most recent published book is Chartism: Rise and Demise, the second volume of my Reconsidering Chartism series. I've written several books or parts of books on Chartism and have planned, for many years, to produce a series of five book on the subject.
Richard Brown
I've almost finished an extended edition of my Sex, Work and Politics that takes the discussion back to 1780 and forward to 1945.
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