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Author · Storyteller
Joe Doyle
@joedoyle
Writer interested in historical fiction, storytelling and all the strange practical decisions involved in turning drafts into books.
Behind the stories
About the writer
Joe Doyle writes historical fiction and mystery. Their interests range from character and story structure to editing, formatting and the practical realities of independent publishing.
A story only works when somebody has something to lose.
Books and story worlds
Stories by Joe Doyle
On the writing desk
Currently creating
Later first draft
The Ledger of Salt and Smoke
In 1847 Lancaster, a clerk at the Custom House discovers that a set of altered shipping ledgers points to more than smuggling. As he follows the paper trail through warehouses, docks, and respectable parlours, he finds that the missing goods may be the least dangerous thing in the records.
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Draft progress
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