← Previous – TW2B – Next → Unusual Distractions But that damned monkey was something else. Keith loved animals. He was run out of Bangkok for his love of animals. He had a brown bear he called Hash. He kept Hash on a leash
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← Previous – TW2A – Next → THE PERFECT PLACE TO WRITE? I had always heard it said that one needs the right environment to write. That is more or less so, but what is the right environment? It’s not easy to define. What
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← Previous – TW1C – Next → Agonizing First Published Article In New York, I went to see the managing editor of Argosy, Milt Machlin. During the next twenty-four hours, I learned more from Milt Machlin than I did from all the books I
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← Previous – CH1B – Next → Discouragement from family When I went out into the streets of New York and began walking, I was heartsick. No one was going to help me. The world was against my being a writer, everyone, my own
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← Previous – CH1A – Next → DEFYING THE ODDS The first question people ask, when they learn I am a writer, is how I get started. Then other questions follow: Was it difficult? Did I study writing in school? Do I enjoy writing?
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ABOUT OUR SUPER AUTHOR It’s a long lonely road to become a writer, tells Harold Stephens, and although the getting there is difficult, he insists it’s not impossible. Stephens is a prolific writer and dedicated to his profession. He has
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← Previous – Epilogue – Next → EPILOGUE Constantine Phaulkon was beheaded on June 22,1688. King Narai died on July 11, 1688, less than a month after Phaulkon was executed. General Phetracha became King of Siam after the death of King Narai. He expelled
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← Previous – CH60 – Next → Chapter 36FOR THE LOVE OF SIAM Sorasak stood in his room, looking at his reflection in the glass. The muscles of his face were drawn tight. King Narai couldn’t last much longer, he reasoned. General Phetracha was
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← Previous – CH59 – Next → Chapter 35WHAT PRICE LOYALTY He was born Constantine Hierax. After leaving home, he took on the name Constantine Gerakis, and he was later named Constantine Phaulkon. He was known, too, as the King’s Favorite and Luang Wijawendra,
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