tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post1142944357998041012..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Lawyers as AuthorsMartin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76435508535046310112008-12-27T11:28:00.000+00:002008-12-27T11:28:00.000+00:00Quite right, Roger. Frances is featured in Neil Ro...Quite right, Roger. Frances is featured in Neil Rose's article, and rightly so. She is not only an outstanding novelist, but very good at making use, sometimes in an unorthodox way, of her legal expertise.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-91042026855116175422008-12-27T10:45:00.000+00:002008-12-27T10:45:00.000+00:00What about Frances Fyfield? She did win the final ...What about Frances Fyfield? She did win the final <A HREF="http://thecwa.co.uk/daggers/2008/gold.html" REL="nofollow">CWA Duncan Lawrie Dagger</A> earlier this year, and as her biography states: "She studied English and went on to qualify as a solicitor, working for what is now the Crown Prosecution Service, and thus learning a bit about murder at second hand." So perhaps she counts as another escaped lawyer?Roger Cornwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13988304578628225052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-30850101314803880152008-12-21T23:03:00.000+00:002008-12-21T23:03:00.000+00:00So you escaped, Cornflower! And I have to admit th...So you escaped, Cornflower! And I have to admit that I'm not sure I've ever met an ex-lawyer who regrets giving up the work, interesting though I find it. Thought-provoking...Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-79496312950555063922008-12-21T19:48:00.000+00:002008-12-21T19:48:00.000+00:00How interesting, and I can see how the two profess...How interesting, and I can see how the two professions require many of the same skills! (I speak as a former lawyer).Cornflowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779286635989616330noreply@blogger.com