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Return to the Badlands - Part Two - Inspiration and Themes When I first had

When I first had the idea for writing the story, back in August 2017, I didn’t have any specific themes in mind. I just knew I wanted to write a story set in and around St. Agnes, Perranporth and Newquay on the North Cornwall coast.

My initial step in developing this was to ask myself what kind of stories might happen there, or more specifically what kind of story would interest me.

Given the region’s tales of smugglers and wreckers, St. Agnes’s surfer nickname (the Badlands) and the general...

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Return to the Badlands - Part One - St. Agnes, Cornwall Badlands, my

Badlands, my twisting tale of deception, betrayal and conspiracy set on the North Cornwall coast, is back!

In this series, we’re going to take a deep dive into the settings, the characters and the writing process behind the book.

Up first, a whistle-stop tour of St. Agnes, Cornwall.

Nicknamed the Badlands by the original surf crews who dominated the surf breaks at Chapel Porth, Porthtowan and Trevaunance, the pubs, buildings and coves form the main setting in my book.

The first stop on our...

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