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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 06/10/2026

Another extract from the Monteverde Chronicles, my book inspired by the Andalusian village where I live. #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity #Stories

Text excerpt from The Monteverde Chronicles describing Father Pedro’s farewell to the village. He feeds rice to the ducks at the pond, tells Lorenzo, “I’ll miss those dickheads,” and leaves for his new life while the ducks promptly forget him.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 06/10/2026

I was recently asked what inspired my short novel, The Book Abattoir and it was this article on the BBC website about destructive scanning, which is a chilling prospect. www.bbc.com/news/article... I liken it to squeezing all of the juice from an orange, keeping the juice and throwing away the rest.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 05/10/2026

We had Peter and Jane and Pat the dog, if I remember right. After that we had Kitty and Rover - purple cover with pink writing, I think, then it was onto Bottersnikes and Gumbles and the Robber Hotzenplotz. I was hooked early. Mum used to give us jam donuts for finishing a book! The ones with cream!

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 05/10/2026

This is taken from The Book Abattoir, my short novel now with new cover designed and drawn by my son, Michael! #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor

Text excerpt from The Book Abattoir in black serif type on a plain white background. Matilda offers Will whatever he wants to buy all the books, but he refuses to sell his business. She leaves, ending with the word “Pity.”

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 04/10/2026

So, this is the latest version of the cover as done by my son. I love it. Hope you like it! #BookCover #IndieAuthor #Proudofmyson

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 04/10/2026

So, my oldest son, Michael and his partner, Mario had a go and I love what they came up with. #Cover #IndieAuthor #Proudofmyson

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 04/10/2026

After four and a half months without a drop of rain, we seem to be getting the lot today. The cats are hiding, the patio is flooded and the back door blew shut and we couldn't budge it! #Autumn

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 04/10/2026

@greatdetective.bsky.social Walter Hartright, from the Woman in White, the prototype detective. 1860 And Porfiry Petrovich from Crime and Punishment 1866 Very nice site. Thank you!

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 04/10/2026

Sisters. Canela and Lenteja. Our cats. Rescued from a dumpster at a day old, now five years old. Because - cats. #Cats #sisters

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 04/10/2026

Published three books recently. Two of them - paid for a cover design and they were great. I ran out of money for the third book and reluctantly turned to AI. This is the cover. It's a 77 page thriller. I would love a human designed cover, but I have no aristic talent and no budget. Any suggestions?

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 03/10/2026

These are the staffers who really were responsible. Must be DEI hires!

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 03/10/2026

Another extract from my book of linked stories from an Andalusian village - The Monteverde Chronicles, coming soon. #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #StoriesSetInSpain #WritingCommunity

Text excerpt from a novel about Charlie and Lorenzo, both drunk, walking three miles to Espejo with lager and cheese to serenade Elena. Charlie plays a harmonica while Lorenzo sings to an amused crowd, including two policemen. Lorenzo offers Elena a crushed bunch of flowers, and she calls him “Dickhead.”

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 02/10/2026

This is from the castle in Budva, Montenegro. It's trying to hide, but here it is!

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 02/10/2026

These two have also been identified as potentially responsible.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 02/10/2026

This is taken from Ronda 81, as short story set in a ghost village in rural Spain when Carolina from Social Services and Diego, a Seprona Guardia Civil policemen meet a strange man called Istvan. #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #WritingComunity #StoriesSetInSpain

Text excerpt from the short story Ronda 81. Carolina discusses a man named Istvan with Diego and they talk about Diego's work with SEPRONA, his rural background and desire to protect the rural way of life. She and Istvan agree to follow up on a damaged Kangoo van with no number plate. Carolina then reports to Señor Villanueva, who says they will eventually bring the man “into the system.”

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 01/10/2026

I recommend this if you don't know it. Pushkin is one of my favourites.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 01/10/2026

This is from a short story in a collection coming soon called, "Surplus to Rquirements" #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #ShortStory

Text-only graphic featuring an extract about Oliver’s Sunday morning routine: he feeds his goldfish, Moby Dick, goes for an energetic jog despite an old knee injury, and tries to cook healthy meals at home, usually ending up with stews and pasta.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 30/09/2026

This is from the Moteverde Chronicles and where we meet Father Pedro for the first time. #WIPSnips #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #Monteverde

Father Pedro, a former prison guard turned priest, is shopping for Larios Rosé pink gin and honey-roasted peanuts when his walking stick disappears. He angrily demands to know who took it, startling the disapproving widow Hernández, whose husband ran off to Cádiz with a much younger woman.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 30/09/2026

When I was young, there was a TV programme called "One Man and His Dog". Each week they went to various parts of UK (and Ireland too, I think) and two or three farmers would compete to see whose dog was the best. It was gentle, absorbing viewing. The dogs were the stars.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 28/09/2026

Oops! Late today! This is from More Tales From Fenlands published Today! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0H27D8P5M/ #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity

A book excerpt showing a snippet of dialogue from a story. The text mentions characters in a chamber in Newark, a brilliant plan, a slice of peach, and a king's valet named Larkin.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 27/09/2026

The Central Cinema, Stamford where I watched Jaws and Star Wars. Later became a bingo hall, then a nightclub. Soon to be converted into private apartments. Sigh.

Exterior of Central Cinema in Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 27/09/2026

From the latest chapter of my #WIP, Gwen White Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary - the second part of my novel, New Albion #WIPSnips #amwriting #WritingCommunity #Satire

Text excerpt from New Albion: Gwen White meets her assistant Gene Dyson, who tells her the embassy is underground. They leave in a battered white Toyota minibus.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 27/09/2026

Book blogger to me, "Number 559,871 in paperbacks on Amazon. You must be so proud. How does your wife feel about it?" Me, "She is Colombian. She doesn't read English. She said she was happy about that." www.amazon.co.uk/dp/8409902567 #BookSky #IndieAuthor #irony #IndieAuthor

People who have not bought my book, Fenlands. And why.

1. The Dalai Lama
“I come from Tibet. We don’t have any flat land. I can’t relate.”

2. Donald Trump
“I had Natalie ghost read it to me, but as it had no diet coke, and tasted bad, I quit.”

3. MAGA
Ordered 100,000 copies but couldn’t find anyone to read it to them and cancelled.

4. My parents
Being deceased is a poor excuse.

5. Everyone else
Because who the hell are you? I’ve never heard of you. You don’t even have an agent and you haven’t spent a penny on promotion and frankly, I doubt it’s that good anyway.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 26/09/2026

When I was young and stupid, I believed that justice was about right and wrong. Then I learned that it was more about who had the best lawyer. I didn't study law at university (despite my parents' urging) due to this imbalance between justice and the law. Now I am a poor writer rather than a rich KC

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 26/09/2026

From my book about a fictitious Andalusian village based on where I live, "The Monteverde Chronicles". #WIPSnips #amwriting #WritingCommunity

A political gathering erupts into comic chaos when a rotten tomato hits a speaker in the face. More fruit and vegetables are thrown as people laugh and scatter, while Héctor Banderas is revealed as the person who threw the first tomato.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 24/09/2026

Taken from "The King of the Street" a novel I hope to publish soon. #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #WritingCommunity

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 23/09/2026

This from a soon to be published (I hope) book called "The Monteverde Chronicles" set in a fictional village in Andalusia and based on where I live now. #WIPSnips #amwriting #IndieAuthor

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 21/09/2026

Shout out to the slightly built "heavies" of #Noir Harry Lewis and Elisha Cook. Made great films even better. #classichollywood #oldmovies

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 21/09/2026

This is taken from my story "Almost the Summer of Love". #WIPSnips #amwriting #booksky

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 21/09/2026

The Robber Hotzenplotz and Bottersnikes and Gumbles c.1974 when I was eight. Both excellent! #booksky #childrensbooks

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 20/09/2026

Look up Sapamurat Niyazev. Former dictator of Turkmenistan and his revolving gold statue of himself and all the other batshit crazy stuff he did. Mad as toast. The ochre cretin is just following the insane central Asian dictator trend. #goldenfascist #basketcase #dictatorgames

Golden statue of former Turkmen president Niyazov

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 20/09/2026

"But we saved you from getting squashed on the main road!" "Don't care. You still brought me to this dump!" #BirdOfTheDay #CaptionThatBird

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 20/09/2026

In our local duckpond in Andalusia. Looking pretty elegant - for ducks! A Muscovy and a Mallard #BirdOfTheDay #Elegant #Ducks

A small mallard swims alongside a Muscovy duck in clear blue water in a duckpond

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 20/09/2026

Starsky and Hutch and Cagney and Lacey immediately spring to mind! Although I preferred Kojak (I am similarly follicly challenged!😀).

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 19/09/2026

Then they grow up! Cute babies, terrifying adults. Like so many😀

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 19/09/2026

Captain Pugwash says "I hope you all remembered that today is International Talk Like a Pirate Day! My timbers have never been so shivered! Arrrr Jim Lad!" #talklikeapirateday #longjohnsilver #captainjacksparrow #pirates

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 18/09/2026

Found another one from my trip to Australia in 2019! This one was kind enough to stay still while I took the pic! #BirdOfTheDay #Pigeons&Doves

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 18/09/2026

Taken from my story "Ma Sadie's Guesthouse" - part of a collection coming soon called "Surplus to Requirements". This is the hapless Ian Sandwell before he tries smuggling Queen ants out of Namibia! #WIPSnips #IndieAuthor #amwriting

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 17/09/2026

Sorry I can't be there. I live in Andalusia now, although orginally from Peterborough and Uffington on the edge of the Fens and definitely an odd fellow! Have a pint in honour of Turkey Smart. He was from Welney and a champion Fen skater. I have a story about the fen skaters my book!

A black and white photograph of champion skater William Turkey Smart.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 17/09/2026

The opening of my new #WIP, "Supreme Danger and Gwen White, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Perhaps not the greatest novel on politics and power, but I am having enormous fun writing it! 📚 #amwriting #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #WIPSnips

An excerpt from Supreme Danger and Gwen White, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. The passage describes a fictional president mouthing the national anthem while staging a tear for the cameras, then reflecting on his repeated stump speech, attacks on foreigners, the press and the Supreme Court, and his frustration with the justices who have overturned his initiatives. It ends with the president noting that the justices are appointed for life and he cannot fire them.

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 16/09/2026

It is expensive to go it alone, but the independence is worth all the tea in China (3.9 million metric tonnes), all the gold in Fort Knox ($640 Billion), or all the fish in the sea (3.5 trillion). NB: All numbers are approximate only. Do not quote me! #poorwriters #newbook #booksky #IndieAuthor

An informational image with a dark aesthetic. On the left side, a black cat is draped over a weathered, leather-bound book with the title "THE BOOK ABATTOIR" printed on its spine. On the right side, the text reads:

"The book is finished. I refuse to call it by the terrible name of novella or novelette. It's a short novel. A book. A story. It's 32,000 words. Too short? Needs more? No! It's exactly as long as it was meant to be.

What's it called? THE BOOK ABATTOIR
When is it out? When I can afford to buy an ISBN!

#WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor"

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Richard Green | Welland Books @wellandbooks.com · 16/09/2026

Although this is taken from my story, "Flight of the Bumblebee" set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, it is really a story about community and understanding #WIPSnips #WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts

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