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Not something I would read - although if I was desperate for money I might consider churning out a book or two. I guess writing to a formula wouldn't be any more boring than some other jobs.

No, I'm not planning on writing one. I just happened upon this BBC article and found it interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7516672.stm

Some of the observations and comments are quite fascinating.

They said they would not publish my real name,

Walter, London

Aye, Hamish was a terrible lad. He was the squire and owned all the land around, making life a misery for his peasanty tenants. There was just no controlling his extravagant consumerism, he had more pairs of breeks than Imelda Marcos had shoes. He was despised in the community.

Then Aileen caught his eye at the car boot sale one day...

Arrghh! Don't get me started! I probably could churn out one of these in a week. Maybe I should, but there's still food and drink in the fridge so I don't feel that desperate yet.

You're well placed to try. Just about all he modern stuff, and the best of the older tales, includes fairly well-researched exotic locations, and I haven't seen any based in Thailand...