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Philip McCormac

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Portadown, The United Kingdom
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Philip began writing fiction as a respite from his business activities and had short horror published in various magazines. He even wrote a series of articles on New Age Philosophy which was published in Burning Issues, now defunct. He wrote HOT SPUR using the pseudonym Elliot James which was his grandson’s name.
Black Horse Westerns accepted the book and since then Philip has had 16 westerns published under P. McCormac and various pennames. The most recent, THE LEGEND OF KEANE O'LEARY, published in 2018.
In December 2010 a crime thriller, MacLean, was published by Robert Hale, London.

THE RATTLESNAKE KID was also published the same year by sagewordservices.com. followed by BROTHER'S BLOOD.
LEAVES OF BLOOD was published on Kindle in 2012 and i
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Philip McCormac There is no such thing. Sometimes you gotta pause and work out where the story is going. Maybe sleep on it or go for a walk or whatever or what I do i…moreThere is no such thing. Sometimes you gotta pause and work out where the story is going. Maybe sleep on it or go for a walk or whatever or what I do is sit down with the old fashioned pencil and paper and write out scenarios. Some will be good some rubbish but you persevere anyway. You might have to discard what you have written - when I say discard I mean file it somewhere as it might come into the story after all or be useful in another setting. (less)
Philip McCormac When the packet comes in the post and I open it and take out my book. The smell hits me first then the feel of that brand new shiny book.
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A COLD DAY IN HELL

A while back I was reading a short story to a group of writers and must have used a well worn expression. At the end of the reading there was a short discussion and one ‘literary’ minded scholar looked at me with arched eyebrows and commented that he was certain he had read that expression before—making it plain as a pikestaff that he believed it was a cliché. But I was cool as a cucumber, letting Read more of this blog post »
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