Author of the Allensbury Mysteries

Category Writing

Living the dream as a full-time writer

As of tomorrow morning, I’ll be spending the next three or four months as a full-time crime writer. As the headline says, I’ll be living the dream. And yes, this has long been a dream. The six-year-old me is dancing… Continue Reading →

Gotta stop the rush

It’s the time for making New Year resolutions and becoming ‘the new you’ if you read newspaper and magazine articles. I’ve never really been a fan of this time of year because it always seems to be a time of… Continue Reading →

Why you should write a series

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in April: The definition of a series is probably quite fluid. It could be over a short period… Continue Reading →

Creating the perfect cast for A Deadly Rejection

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in March: JK Rowling famously said that Harry Potter walked into her head fully formed. Sadly, my main… Continue Reading →

Where did A Deadly Rejection come from?

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in February:  When you’re starting out as a writer, one of the first pieces of advice you’re given… Continue Reading →

My writing journey

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in January: If you’d asked me as a child what I wanted to be when I grew up,… Continue Reading →

What I’ve learned about self-publishing (part 3) – ebook vs paperback

When I set out to self-publish my book, I almost made a huge mistake. I considered my own reading habits and the fact that I split my reading between my Kindle (other reading devices are available!) and hard copies. This… Continue Reading →

What I’ve learned about self-publishing (part 2) – marketing

For many (or possibly most) people, marketing doesn’t come easily. It fills you with the image of cold callers and hard sellers, but in reality it can be much more subtle than that. In fact, it can be as simple… Continue Reading →

What I’ve learned about self-publishing (part 1) – the process

I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, but I’ve been working hard on marketing A Deadly Rejection and editing my second novel (working title is under wraps for now). But then I was chatting to someone… Continue Reading →

The Deaths of December by Susi Holliday

Today I welcome onto the blog my lovely friend Susi Holliday, who also writes as SJI Holliday. Susi has written three crime novels set in the fictional Scottish town of Banktoun, which are a mix of police procedural and psychological… Continue Reading →

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